Numbers 2:33

However, the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, following the Lord's instructions to Moses.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

32This sums up the registration of the Israelites, carried out by family. The final total of those counted in the camps by their tribal division was 603,550.

34The Israelites did everything the Lord had ordered Moses. They set up their camps under their flags in their assigned positions, and marched out in the same order, each with their own tribe and family.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:47However, the Levites were not registered with the others according to their tribe and families.

Numbers 26:57These were the Levites censused by family: Gershon, ancestor of the Gershonite family; Kohath, ancestor of the Kohathite family; and Merari, ancestor of the Merarite family.

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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