“Take a census ¹  of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630.

Their inheritance must be apportioned ¹  by lot among the larger and smaller groups.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites by their families. ¹ 

There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

These were the family leaders of the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records. They lived in Jerusalem.

along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.

From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families. ¹ 

They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for. ¹ 

The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600.

And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.

Then the heads of the family groups ¹  of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses ²  and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families. ³ 

You went back and ate and drank in this place, even though he said to you, “Do not eat or drink there.” ¹  Therefore ²  your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.’” ³ 

¹ These are the heads of their fathers’ households: ²  The sons ³  of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans ⁴  of Reuben.

In the jubilee year the field will return to the one from whom he bought it, the one to whom it belongs as landed property.

“Take a census ¹  of the entire ²  Israelite community ³  by their clans and families, ⁴  counting the name of every individual male. ⁵ 

All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered ¹  according to their families.

The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.

Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,