Numbers 1:47
And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
46indeed, all those numbered are six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
48seeing YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 1:3from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone going out to the host in Israel, you number them by their hosts, you and Aaron;
Numbers 2:33And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as YHWH has commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Numbers 26:62And their numbered ones are twenty-three thousand, every male from a son of a month and upwards, for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because an inheritance has not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:6And he has not numbered Levi and Benjamin in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.
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 →