53. “The land these people will possess must be divided using the list of names ⌊from the census⌋.
54. Give more land to larger tribes and less land to smaller ones. Use the totals ⌊from the census⌋ in giving land to each tribe.
55. But the land must be divided by drawing lots. The tribes will receive their land based on the names of their ancestors.
56. Whether the tribes are large or small, the land must be divided by drawing lots.”
57. The families descended from Levi were listed as the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath, and the family of Merari.
58. These were the families of Levi: the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Mahlite family, the Mushite family, and the Korahite family.Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.
59. The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born in Egypt. She gave birth to Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
60. Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61. But Nadab and Abihu had died because they offered unauthorized fire in the Lord’s presence.
62. The total number of all the ⌊Levite⌋ males at least one month old was 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites, because they were given no land of their own.
63. Moses and the priest Eleazar added up the total number of Israelites on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.
64. Among them there wasn’t a single one of the Israelites Moses and the priest Aaron had counted in the Desert of Sinai.
65. The Lord had said, “They must all die in the desert.” The only ones left were Caleb (son of Jephunneh) and Joshua (son of Nun).