The Exemption of the Levites
Numbers 1:47
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
- KJV
- ¶ But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- WEB
- But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.
- ASV
- But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- LSV
- And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,
- YLT
- And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,
- DBY
- But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- DRC
- But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them.
- GNV
- But the Leuites, after the tribes of their fathers were not nombred among them.
- JPS
- But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- LXXE
- But the Levites of the tribe of their family were not counted among the children of Israel.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתָ֑ם לֹ֥א הָתְפָּקְד֖וּ בְּתוֹכָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- Οἱ δὲ Λευῖται ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς πατριᾶς αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐπεσκέπησαν ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
CensusLeviteSoldiersEgyptIsrael, History ofNumbers, Book ofLevites, TheLaw in the Old TestamentArmiesIsrael
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Cross-references most cited first
- Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 3:1–4:49This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These were Aaron’s sons, the…
- 1 Chronicles 21:6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1–81The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Eleazar was…
- Numbers 26:57–62Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari. These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the…
- Numbers 8:1–26Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’” And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the…
- Numbers 1:50Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
- Numbers 1:3You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
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