Numbers 1:47
But the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not numbered in their midst.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
46so then all they who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
48For Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:
Cross References
Numbers 1:3from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel,—ye shall number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;
Numbers 2:33But the Levites, were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel,—As Yahweh commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying:
Numbers 26:62And they who were numbered of them were found to be—twenty-three thousand, all the males from one month old and upwards—for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:6But, Levi and Benjamin, counted he not among them,—for detestable was the word of the king unto 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 →