Numbers 1:47
The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
46And all those counted totaled 603,550.
48For the LORD had said to Moses:
Cross References
Numbers 1:3You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 26:62The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
1 Chronicles 21:6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
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 →