“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”
Numbers 3:15 (WEB)
Context Reading
13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.” 14Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.” 16Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded. 17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.