Numbers 2:33

But the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel. For so the Lord had instructed Moses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

32This is the number of the sons of Israel, of their army divided by the houses of their kinships and their companies: six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

34And the sons of Israel acted according to all the things that the Lord had commanded. They were encamped by their companies, and they advanced by the families and houses of their fathers.

Read all of Numbers 2

Cross References

Numbers 1:47But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them.

Numbers 26:57Likewise, this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gershon, from whom is the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, from whom is the family of the Kohathites; Merari, from whom is 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 2:33