Numbers 1:49
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
Numbers 1:49 in other translations
| BSB | “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites. |
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| WEB | “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel; |
| ASV | Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel; |
| YLT | ‘Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel; |
| DARBY | Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel. |
| BBE | Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel, |
| Webster | Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: |
What does Numbers 1:49 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 1:49 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 1:49
- Numbers 26:62
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 2:33
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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- 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 1:50
But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
Numbers 1:49 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Solamente no contarás la tribu de Leví, ni tomarás la cuenta de ellos entre los hijos de Israel: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Seulement, tu ne dénombreras pas la tribu de Lévi et tu n’en relèveras pas la somme parmi les fils d’Israël. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nur den Stamm Levi sollst du nicht mustern und ihre Summe nicht aufnehmen unter den Kindern Israel, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tribum Levi noli numerare, neque pones summam eorum cum filiis Israël: |