Numbers 1:47
But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
46Were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
Cross References
Numbers 1:3All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
Numbers 8:1And the Lord said to Moses,
Numbers 26:62Of these, twenty-three thousand males, from one month old and over, were numbered: they were not numbered with the rest of the children of Israel, for they had no heritage among the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:6But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king's order.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:45-47
44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. 45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; 46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. We have here the sum total at the foot of the account; they were in… Read the whole commentary →