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Selected Verse: Numbers 1:47 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 1:47 |
Strong Concordance |
But the Levites [03881] after the tribe [04294] of their fathers [01] were not numbered [06485] among [08432] them. |
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King James |
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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 allowed, under penalty of death, to approach these [Num 16:40]. Hence they encamped round the tabernacle in order that there should be no manifestation of the divine displeasure among the people. Thus the numbering of the people was subservient to the separation of the Levites from those Israelites who were fit for military service, and to the practical introduction of the law respecting the first-born, for whom the tribe of Levi became a substitute [Exo 13:2; Num 3:12]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 the field.
Num 1:48
had spoken - Render spake. The formal appointment is only now made, in reward for their zeal Exo 32:26-29, though reference to their future office appears previously in Lev 25:32 ff, and they had already acted as assistants to the priests (compare Exo 38:21). |
12 And I, behold, I have taken [03947] the Levites [03881] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] instead of all the firstborn [01060] that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: therefore the Levites [03881] shall be mine;
2 Sanctify [06942] unto me all the firstborn [01060], whatsoever openeth [06363] the womb [07358] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478], both of man [0120] and of beast [0929]: it is mine.
40 To be a memorial [02146] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that [0834] [04616] no stranger [0376] [02114], which is not of the seed [02233] of Aaron [0175], come near [07126] to offer [06999] incense [07004] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; that he be not as Korah [07141], and as his company [05712]: as the LORD [03068] said [01696] to him by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
21 This [0428] is the sum [06485] of the tabernacle [04908], even of the tabernacle [04908] of testimony [05715], as it was counted [06485], according to the commandment [06310] of Moses [04872], for the service [05656] of the Levites [03881], by the hand [03027] of Ithamar [0385], son [01121] to Aaron [0175] the priest [03548].
32 Notwithstanding the cities [05892] of the Levites [03881], and the houses [01004] of the cities [05892] of their possession [0272], may the Levites [03881] redeem [01353] at any time [05769].
26 Then Moses [04872] stood [05975] in the gate [08179] of the camp [04264], and said [0559], Who is on the LORD'S [03068] side? let him come unto me. And all the sons [01121] of Levi [03878] gathered [0622] themselves together unto him.
27 And he said [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Put [07760] every man [0376] his sword [02719] by his side [03409], and go [05674] in and out [07725] from gate [08179] to gate [08179] throughout the camp [04264], and slay [02026] every man [0376] his brother [0251], and every man [0376] his companion [07453], and every man [0376] his neighbour [07138].
28 And the children [01121] of Levi [03878] did [06213] according to the word [01697] of Moses [04872]: and there fell [05307] of the people [05971] that day [03117] about three [07969] thousand [0505] men [0376].
29 For Moses [04872] had said [0559], Consecrate yourselves [04390] [03027] to day [03117] to the LORD [03068], even [03588] every man [0376] upon his son [01121], and upon his brother [0251]; that he may bestow [05414] upon you a blessing [01293] this day [03117].
48 For the LORD [03068] had spoken [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
62 And those that were numbered [06485] of them were twenty [06242] and three [07969] thousand [0505], all males [02145] from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605]: for they were not numbered [06485] among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], because there was no inheritance [05159] given [05414] them among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
15 Number [06485] the children [01121] of Levi [03878] after the house [01004] of their fathers [01], by their families [04940]: every male [02145] from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605] shalt thou number [06485] them.