⁵²The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, ⁵³“I will give the land to them. The amount of land each family receives will be based on the number of its men. ⁵⁴Give a larger share to a larger family. Give a smaller share to a smaller family. Each family will receive its share based on the number of men who are listed in it.

⁵⁵“Be sure that you use lots when you give out the land. What each family receives will be based on the number of men listed in its tribe. ⁵⁶Use lots when you give out each share. Use lots for the larger and smaller families alike.”

⁵⁷Here are the names of the Levites. They are listed by their families.

The Gershonite family came from Gershon.

The Kohathite family came from Kohath.

The Merarite family came from Merari.

⁵⁸Here are the names of the other Levite families. They are

the Libnite family,

the Hebronite family,

the Mahlite family,

the Mushite family,

the Korahite family.

Amram came from the Kohathite family.

⁵⁹The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed. She was from the family line of Levi. She was born to the Levites in Egypt. Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam were born in the family line of Amram and Jochebed.

⁶⁰Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu. He was also the father of Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu made an offering to the Lord by using fire that wasn’t allowed. So they died.

⁶²The number of male Levites who were a month old or more was 23,000. They weren’t listed along with the other men of Israel. That’s because they didn’t receive a share among them.

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