Numbers 1:47
But the Levi'im after the tribe of their avot were not numbered among them.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
48For Hashem had spoken unto Moshe saying,
Cross References
Numbers 1:3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able-bodied to serve in tzava b'Yisroel (army in Yisroel); thou and Aharon shall number them by their tzva'ot (legions).
Numbers 2:33But the Levi'im were not counted with the Bnei Yisroel; as Hashem commanded Moshe.
Numbers 8:1And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,
Numbers 26:62And those that were numbered of them were 23,000, kol zachar from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the Bnei Yisroel, because there was no nachalah given them among the Bnei Yisroel.
1 Chronicles 21:6But Levi and Binyamin counted he not among them, for the davar HaMelech was abominable to Yoav.
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 →