Then the LORDspoketo Mosesin the wildernessof Sinai,saying,
The sonsof Levi[were] Gershon,Kohathand Merari.
In the thirdmonthafter the sonsof Israelhad goneout of the landof Egypt,on that very daythey cameinto the wildernessof Sinai.
The Levites,however, were not numberedamongthem by their fathers'tribe.
