Numbers 26:62

And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

Cross-reference

Numbers 1:49 Historical context

Numbers 1:49 commands that Levi not be counted with Israel, explaining why the Levites are listed separately here.

Numbers 18:20–24 Historical context

Numbers 18:20-24 explains that the Lord Himself is the Levites' inheritance, the reason they receive no land.

Numbers 3:15 provides the earlier census of Levites, also counting males from a month old, showing continuity.

Numbers 3:39 records an earlier Levite census of 22,000, contrasting with the 23,000 here and showing population growth.

Numbers 4:48 Historical context

Numbers 4:48 counts Levites aged 30–50 (8,580), a different subset than the 23,000 here (from one month old).

Numbers 35:2–8 Historical context

Numbers 35:2-8 commands cities and pasturelands for Levites, a practical provision despite their lack of territorial inheritance.

Deuteronomy 10:9 reiterates that Levi has no inheritance because the Lord is his inheritance, reinforcing the reason from this census.

Deuteronomy 14:27–29 Historical context

Deuteronomy 14:27-29 commands support for Levites because they have no inheritance, applying the principle practically.

Deuteronomy 18:1 reaffirms the same principle: the Levites get no land inheritance, only the Lord's offerings.

Deuteronomy 18:2 expands that the Lord Himself is their inheritance, reinforcing the Levites' unique status.

Joshua 13:14 restates that Moses gave no inheritance to Levi, confirming the pattern in the land distribution.

Joshua 13:33 repeats that the Lord is Levi's inheritance, echoing the same point from the census.

Joshua 14:3 Parallel

Joshua 14:3 notes again that Levites received no inheritance during the land distribution across the Jordan.

Joshua 21:41 details the 48 Levitical cities, showing how they were provided for despite no territorial inheritance.