Numbers 1:47
But the Levites of the tribe of their family were not counted among the children of Israel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
46six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
48And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 1:3from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth in the forces of Israel, take account of them with their strength; thou and Aaron take account of them.
Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 26:62And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:6But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to 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 →