Numbers 1:47

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“The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.”

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BSBPD

“The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the Levites, for the tribe of their fathers, have not numbered themselves in their midst,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 1:47 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  4. Numbers 3:1This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
  5. Numbers 8:1Then the LORD said to Moses,
  6. Numbers 26:57Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
  7. Numbers 26:62The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  9. 1 Chronicles 21:6But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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