⁵²Then the Lord said to Moses, ⁵³“The land these people will possess must be divided using the list of names ⸤from the census⸥. ⁵⁴Give more land to larger tribes and less land to smaller ones. Use the totals ⸤from the census⸥ in giving land to each tribe. ⁵⁵But the land must be divided by drawing lots. The tribes will receive their land based on the names of their ancestors. ⁵⁶Whether the tribes are large or small, the land must be divided by drawing lots.”

⁵⁷The families descended from Levi were listed as the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath, and the family of Merari.

⁵⁸These were the families of Levi: the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Mahlite family, the Mushite family, and the Korahite family.

Kohath was the ancestor of Amram. ⁵⁹The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born in Egypt. She gave birth to Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. ⁶⁰Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu had died because they offered unauthorized fire in the Lord’s presence.

⁶²The total number of all the ⸤Levite⸥ males at least one month old was 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites, because they were given no land of their own.

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