Numbers 1:47
Soothly the deacons + 1:47 Often in the Old Testament of the “ Wycliffe Bible”, where the “Later Version” has ‘deacon’ or ‘deacons’, the “Early Version” has ‘Levite’ or ‘Levites’. in the lineage of their families were not numbered with them. (But the Levites, in the tribe of their families, were not listed with them.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
48And the Lord spake to Moses, and said, (For the Lord spoke to Moses, and said,)
Cross References
Numbers 1:3from the twentieth year and above, of all the strong men of Israel, (or from twenty years of age and older, of all the strong men in Israel); and thou and Aaron shall number them by their companies.
Numbers 2:33Soothly the deacons were not numbered among the sons of Israel; for God commanded so to Moses. (But the Levites were not listed, or were not registered, among the Israelites; for God had so commanded to Moses.)
Numbers 8:1And the Lord spake to Moses, and said,
Numbers 26:62And all that were numbered of this lineage were three and twenty thousand of male kind, from a month and above, which were not numbered among the sons of Israel, neither possession was given to them with other men. (And all who were listed, or registered, in this tribe were twenty-three thousand males, from one month of age and older, but they were not listed with the other Israelites, nor was any possession given to them among the other people.)
1 Chronicles 21:6But Joab numbered not Levi and Benjamin, for against his will he did the commandment of the king. (But Joab did not count the Levites and the Benjaminites, for he did the king’s commandment against his own will.)
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 →