And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Mera´ri: and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years.
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Ama´sai, and Joel the son of Azari´ah, of the sons of the Ko´hathites: and of the sons of Mera´ri; Kish the son of Abdi, and Azari´ah the son of Jehal´elel: and of the Ger´shonites; Jo´ah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Jo´ah:
And Amram took him Joch´ebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years.
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abi´ram, the sons of Eli´ab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Ger´shonites: of Kohath, the family of the Ko´hathites: of Mera´ri, the family of the Mera´rites.
And the lot came out for the families of the Ko´hathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Is´sachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph´tali, and out of the half tribe of Manas´seh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Is´sachar were sealed twelve thousand.