Numbers 26:57
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Cross-reference
In Numbers 35:2, the Levites from the clans listed here are commanded to receive cities — a direct link between their identity and their inheritance.
In Numbers 35:3, the same Levite clans are given cities with pasturelands for their livestock — expanding on their provision.
Numbers 3:17 lists the same three sons of Levi — Gershon, Kohath, Merari — as the foundation of the Levite clans.
Numbers 1:47 excludes Levites from the first census — here they are counted separately. Both involve Levite registration.
In Genesis 46:11, the same three sons of Levi (Gershon, Kohath, Merari) are listed — the founding generation of these clans.
In Exodus 6:16-19, the full genealogy of Levi’s sons and their descendants is given — a more detailed version of the clans listed here.
In 1 Chronicles 6:1, Levi’s three sons are again named — the same clans counted in this census.
In 1 Chronicles 6:16-30, the Levite genealogies are traced through the same three clans — a parallel record of their descendants.
In Exodus 6:18, the sons of Kohath are named — a specific branch within one of the three Levite clans listed here.
1 Chronicles 23:6 organizes Levites by the same three sons — Gershon, Kohath, Merari — showing continuity.