47. But the LEVITES after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.

48. For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

49. "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

But the LEVITES were not counted among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

14. The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

15. "Count the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward."

16. Moses counted them according to The LORD's word, as he was commanded.

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

18. These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

19. The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20. The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi.These are the families of the LEVITES according to their fathers' houses.

21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

22. Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.

23. The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

24. The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25. The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

26. and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.

27. Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

28. According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

29. The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.

30. The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

31. Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.

32. Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the LEVITES, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.

33. Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.

34. Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.3:34+ 22,000, rounded to 2 significant digits. (The sum of the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites given above is 22,300.)

35. The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

36. The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,

37. the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.

38. Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

39. All who were counted of the LEVITES, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of The LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

2. "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

3. from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

57. These are those who were counted of the LEVITES after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

58. 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. Kohath became the father of Amram.

59. The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

60. To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

61. Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before The LORD.

62. Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

3. The LEVITES were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

4. David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of The LORD's house, six thousand were officers and judges,

5. four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise."