17. The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei, each of whom became the ancestor of a clan.
18. The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)
19. The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi.These are the clans of the Levites, as listed in their family records.
20. Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)
21. The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zicri.
22. The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
23. Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she gave birth to his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24. The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Their descendants became the clans of Korah.
25. Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she gave birth to his son, Phinehas.These are the ancestors of the Levite families, listed according to their clans.
26. The Aaron and Moses named in this list are the same ones to whom the lord said, “Lead the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.”
27. It was Moses and Aaron who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, about leading the people of Israel out of Egypt.
28. When the lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,