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 commands that Levi not be counted with Israel, explaining why the Levites are listed separately here.
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 counts Levites aged 30–50 (8,580), a different subset than the 23,000 here (from one month old).
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 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 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.