Numbers 3:43-45

International Standard Version

⁴³ All the first-born males according to the list of their names from a month old and above numbered 22,273.

Creation of the Levite Ministry

⁴⁴ Then the Lord told Moses, ⁴⁵ “Separate the descendants of Levi in place of all the firstborn sons of Israel and the livestock of the descendants of Levi in place of their livestock. The descendants of Levi belong to me, since^[a] I am the Lord.