Numbers 1:47
And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
In Context
46yea, all those numbered are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.
48seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 1:3from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;
Numbers 2:33And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 26:62And their numbered ones are three and twenty thousand, every male from a son of a month and upwards, for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel; for an inheritance hath not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:6And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with 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 →