Numbers 3:43
The total count, by name, of the firstborn from the age of one month and over came to 22,273.
The total count, by name, of the firstborn from the age of one month and over came to 22,273.
Then you will take the Levites for me, the Lord, instead of the firstborn of Israel; in the same way, you will give me their cattle instead of the firstborn cattle of the sons of Israel.”
The Lord said to Moses: “Take a census of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, all the males from the age of one month and over; take a census of them by name.
Altogether, the total count of Levites of the age of one month and over, whom Moses numbered by clans as the Lord had ordered, came to 22,000.
Finally, on the east side, facing the Holy Tent and the Tent of Meeting, toward the sunrise, was the camp of Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who had charge of the Sanctuary for the people of Israel. Anyone else coming near was to be put to death.
The sons of Merari were in charge of the framework of the Holy Tent, with its crossbars, posts, and bases, all its fittings,
The leader of the Merarite clans was Zuriel, son of Abihail. They camped on the north side of the Holy Tent.