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^(ah)These are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. ^(ai)Kohath ^[w]became the father of Amram.

The name of Amram's wife ^(aj)was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

^(ak)To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

^(al)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the Lord .

Those who were numbered of them were ^(am)23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for ^(an)they were not numbered among the sons of Israel ^(ao)since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.