Numbers 2:33

But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded 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

32These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.

34So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

Numbers 26:57Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

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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