God’s Word Translation
Numbers 1:47
47But the households from the tribe ofLevi were not registered along with the other Israelites.
Numbers 1:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- New International Version (NIV)The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe;
Context of Numbers 1:47
45So the Israelites were registered by households. The grand total of men who were at least 20 years old and eligible for military duty 46was 603,550. But the households from the tribe ofLevi were not registered along with the other Israelites. 48The Lord had said to Moses, 49“Don’t register the tribe of Levi or include them in the census with the other Israelites.
Read all of Numbers 1Numbers 1:47 word by word
וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתָ֑ם לֹ֥א הָתְפָּקְד֖וּ בְּתוֹכָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 1:47
- Numbers 1:3who is at least 20 years old. You and Aaron must register everyone in Israel who is eligible for military duty. List them by divisions.
- Numbers 2:33As the Lord had commanded Moses, the Levites were not registered along with the other Israelites.
- Numbers 3:1This is the list of Aaron and Moses’ descendants at the time when the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.
- Numbers 4:1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 8:1The Lord said to Moses,
- Numbers 26:57The families descended from Levi were listed as the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath, and the family of Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 21:6Joab didn’t include Levi and Benjamin in the number because he was disgusted with the king’s order.
Commentaries on Numbers 1:47
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47-54Verses 47-54 When a census of the tribe of Levi takes place. Numbers 3:15; Numbers 26:62, “all” the males are counted from a month old and upward, and not, as in the other tribes, those only who were of age for service in the field. Numbers 1:48 had spoken - Render spake. The formal appointment is only now made, in reward for their zeal Exodus 32:26-29, though reference to their future office appears previously in Leviticus 25:32 ff, and they had already…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 47-54Verses 47-54 Care is here taken to distinguish the tribe of Levi, which, in the matter of the golden calf, had distinguished itself. Singular services shall be recompensed by singular honours. It was to the honour of the Levites, that to them was committed the care of the tabernacle and its treasures, in their camps and in their marches. It was for the honour of the holy things that none should see them, or touch them, but those who were called of God to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47-54The tribe of Levi did not serve in Israel's army like the other tribes. This part of Numbers explains how the Levites organized to serve in the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was their main duty.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 47-5447-54. But the Levites ... were not numbered among them--They were obliged to keep a register of their own. They were consecrated to the priestly office, which in all countries has been exempted customarily, and in Israel by the express authority of God, from military service. The custody of the things devoted to the divine service was assigned to them so exclusively, that "no stranger"--that is, no person, not even an Israelite of any other tribe, was…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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