18 Bible Verses about Counting Levites
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"Only see that thou number not the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.
And yet the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
"Number the children of Levi in the houses of their fathers and kindreds, all that are males from a month old and above." And Moses numbered them at the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
And the sum of them - when all the males were told, from a month old and above - were seven thousand and five hundred.
And the number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place.
And the number of them - when all the males from a month old and above was told - drew unto six thousand and two hundred.
And the whole sum of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the LORD - throughout their kindreds, even of all the males of a month old and above - was twenty two thousand.
These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gershon, came the kindred of the Gershonites; and of Kohath came the kindred of the Kohathites; and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites. These are the kindreds of Levi: the kindred of the Libnites, the kindred of the Hebronites, the kindred of the Mahlites, the kindred of the Mushites, the kindred of the Korahites. Kohath begat Amram, and Amram's wife was called Jochebed; a daughter of Levi, which was born him in Egypt. And she bare unto Amram, Aaron, Moses and Miriam their sister.read more.
And unto Aaron were born, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. But Nadab and Abihu died, as they offered strange fire before the LORD. And the number of them was twenty three thousand, of all the males from a month old and above. For they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
which they numbered at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses; every man unto his service and burden as the LORD commanded Moses.
and bade them, "Take the sum of the children of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - from thirty years and above until fifty, all that were able to war - for to do the work in the tabernacle of witness:
And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbered the sons of the Kohathites in their kindreds and houses of their fathers,
These are the numbers of the kindreds of the Kohathites, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD of by the hand of Moses.
And the sons of Gershon were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers,
This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Gershon, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD.
"And thou shalt number the sons of Merari in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers - from thirty years and above unto fifty, all that is able to go forth in war - to do the service of the tabernacle of witness.
And the kindreds of the sons of Merari were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers,
This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Merari, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the bidding of the LORD, by the hand of Moses.