Numbers 26:62

And 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

61But Nadab and Abihu died,—when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh:

63These, are they who were numbered by Moses, and Eleazar, the priest,—when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:47But the Levites by the tribe of their fathers were not numbered in their midst.

Numbers 3:39All they who were numbered of the Levites whom Moses [and Aaron] numbered at the bidding of Yahweh by their families,—every male, from one month old and upwards, were two-and-twenty thousand.

Numbers 4:48yea, they who were numbered of them were found to be—eight thousand, and five hundred, and eighty.

Numbers 18:23So shall the Levites themselves perform the laborious work of the tent of meeting, and, they, shall bear their iniquity, a statute age-abiding, unto your generations, and in the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance.

Numbers 35:2Command the sons of Israel, that they give unto the Levites—out of the inheritance which they possess—cities to dwell in,—pasture land also unto the cities, round about them, shall ye give unto the Levites.

Deuteronomy 14:27and, the Levite who is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him,—for he hath neither portion nor inheritance with thee.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 26:58-63

57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt:… Read the whole commentary →

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