Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the He´bronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Ko´rathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
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.
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.