Numbers 1:48
For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 1:48 in other translations
| BSB | For the LORD had said to Moses: |
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| WEB | For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| ASV | For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, |
| YLT | seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, |
| DARBY | For Jehovah had spoken to Moses, saying, |
| BBE | For the Lord said to Moses, |
| Webster | For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying, |
What does Numbers 1:48 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:47-54
47-54. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 1:47-54
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…
Numbers 1:48 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 1:47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- Numbers 1:48
For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 1:49
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
Numbers 1:48 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque habló Jehová á Moisés, diciendo: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car l’ Éternel avait parlé à Moïse, disant: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Jehova hatte zu Mose geredet und gesagt: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens: |