But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

These also {are} the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day {that} the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. {Gershon: or, Gershom}

And these {are} they that were numbered 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.

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that {belong} to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.

And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.