These were the Levites registered by their clans: the Gershonite clan from Gershon; the Kohathite clan from Kohath; the Merarite clan from Merari.
Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.
But the Levites were not registered among the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
“Register the Levites by their ancestral houses and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”
These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.