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Numbers 2:33 KJV
Numbers · chapter 2 · verse 33
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.Numbers 2:33 · King James Version
Numbers 2:33 in context
31All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
32These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
34And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- amongtâveka bisectionH8432 →
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We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe, 1. God himself appointed them their place, to prevent strife and envy among them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-34