Numbers 1:49
“Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of Israel.”
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Numbers 1:49 Context
47¶ But the Leuites after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbred among them. 48For the Lord had spoken vnto Moses, saying, 49Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of Israel. 50But thou shalt appoint the Leuites ouer the Tabernacle of Testimonie, and ouer all the vessels thereof, and ouer all things that belong to it: they shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof, and they shall minister vnto it, and shall encampe round about the Tabernacle. 51And when the Tabernacle setteth forward, the Leuites shall take it downe: and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Leuites shall set it vp: and the stranger that commeth nigh, shall be put to death.
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Other Translations for Numbers 1:49
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
- King James Version
"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
- Basic English Bible
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.
- Darby Bible
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
- Webster's Bible
Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
- World English Bible
`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;
- Youngs Literal Bible
'Howbeit the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 1:49
1:49 Levi - Because they were not generally to go out to war, which was the thing principally eyed in this muster, #Nu 1:3|,20,45, but were to attend upon the service of the tabernacle. They that minister upon holy things, should not entangle themselves in secular affairs. The ministry itself is work enough for a whole man, and all little enough to be employed in it.