Numbers 1:47
But the men who were descended from Levi were not counted,
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
48because Yahweh had said to Moses,
Cross References
Numbers 1:3who is twenty years old or older. Count all who can fight as soldiers for Israel. You and Aaron must record the number of men in their armed groups.
Numbers 2:33But Moses and Aaron did not count the Levites among the people of Israel. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
Numbers 26:62The males who were counted among them numbered twenty-three thousand, all males one month old and up. But they were not counted among Israel's descendants because no inheritance was given to them among the people of Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:6But Levi and Benjamin were not counted among them, for the king's command had disgusted 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 →