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The total number of male Levites one month old or older was 23,000. But these men were not counted with the other Israelites, because they were not given any of the land among the other Israelites.
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Numbers 26:62 In-Context
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Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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But Nadab and Abihu died because they made an offering before the Lord with the wrong kind of fire.)
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The total number of male Levites one month old or older was 23,000. But these men were not counted with the other Israelites, because they were not given any of the land among the other Israelites.
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Moses and Eleazar the priest counted all these people. They counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho.
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Moses and Aaron the priest had counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai, but no one Moses counted on the plains of Moab was in the first counting.