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Numbers 1:47

Numbers 1:47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 1:47-54

When a census of the tribe of Levi takes place. Num 3:15; Num 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 1:47-54

Care is here taken to distinguish from the rest of the tribes the tribe of Levi, which, in the matter of the golden calf, had distinguished itself, Exo 32:26. Note, Singular services shall be…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Numbers 1:47-54

The Levites were not to be numbered as fighting men, but were assigned other duties on the march. These duties are stated more fully in chs. 3, 4.