In Moses’ first wilderness census, the children of Levi numbered 22,300: Moses/Aaron and sons, 300; Kohath, 8,300; Gershon, 7,500; and Merari, 6,200. Kohath’s count is 8,300 rather than 8,600 because Moses/Aaron and sons were also included with the Kohathites, bringing that combined figure to 8,600 (Num. 3:28, 39). I use this distribution in my diagrams because the second census gives only the Levites’ total—23,000—without a family breakdown (Num. 26:62). I believe that, if the second-census distribution were known, it would correspond to the relative sizes of the inner planets, just as I believe the tribal populations correspond to the outer planets.

The Basis of My Assumption

Israel’s total population was 603,550 in the first census and 601,730 in the second, yet the distribution among the tribes changed considerably. For example, Simeon declined from 59,300 to 22,000, while Asher increased from 41,500 to 53,400. Because the second-census generation was the one that entered the Promised Land, I used those figures when comparing the tribes’ populations with the sizes of the Solar System’s planets. In my analysis, the proportions showed a striking correspondence. I therefore assume that, if the second-census distribution of the Levitical families were known, it might show a similar pattern. If, in time, additional planets are discovered and their sizes prove proportionate to the populations of the remaining tribes recorded in Numbers 26, this proposed relationship would become clearer. See breakdown.