Numbers 1:49

Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

In Context

48And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

50But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony, and all the vessels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth to the ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle and all the furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

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Cross References

Numbers 26:62And all that were numbered, were twenty-three thousand males from one month old and upward: for they were not reckoned up among the children of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the rest.

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 →

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