Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.

They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders. They came to Jerusalem,

However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.

who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.

For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.

“Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”

The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.

Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

“Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

“Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

“As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans.

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,

All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans,

For the daughters of Zelophehad – Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah – were married to the sons of their uncles.

These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.

Their relatives, listed according to their families, included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber – seven in all.