“Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off ¹  from among the Levites;

Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,

These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200. ¹ 

These were the families of the Zebulunites, according to those numbered of them, 60,500. ¹ 

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread ¹  over the earth after the flood.

I will bless those who bless you, ¹  but the one who treats you lightly ²  I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another ³  by your name.”

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

These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730. ¹ 

These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500. ¹ 

These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500. ¹ 

These were the families of Issachar, according to those numbered of them, 64,300. ¹ 

These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700. ¹ 

All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400. ¹ 

These are the families of the Asherites, according to those numbered of them, 53,400. ¹ 

These were the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those numbered of them were 45,400. ¹ 

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, ¹  and you will spread out ²  to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another ³  using your name and that of your descendants. ⁴ 

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.

The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

“‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers ¹  and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that ²  he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member ³  of a foreigner’s family,

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites concerning the tent of meeting. Their responsibilities will be under the authority ¹  of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ²