Numbers 1:47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
King James Version
In Context
48For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 1:3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 26:62And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable 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 →