New International Version

Numbers 3:13-19 New International Version (NIV)

13. for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the Lord.”

14. The Lord said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai,

15. “Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”

16. So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.

17. These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

18. These were the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.

19. The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.