Numbers 2:33

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

In Context

32These are all who were numbered of the children of Israel, in the order of their fathers' families: all the armies in their tents together came to six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

34So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers' houses.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:47But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

Numbers 26:57These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:4-34

3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof,… Read the whole commentary →

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