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The Formal Mustering
v. 14. And the Lord spake unto Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,
v. 15. Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families, as had been done in the case of the other tribes; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
v. 16. And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded, thus completing the census of all the tribes.
v. 17. And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
v. 18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
v. 19. And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, the father of Moses and Aaron, these two, however, not being reckoned with the Kohathites, but in a separate category, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
v. 20. And the sons of Merari by their families: Mabli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers, as they reckoned their descent from these princes among their ancestors.