Numbers 1:48
For the Lord said to Moses,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
In Context
47But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
49Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:48-54
47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the… Read the whole commentary →