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Numbers 26:62

in Numbers 26

The 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male 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.

KJV

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.

This verse in Numbers 26

Commentary

1 note on this verse
The total number of male Levites, 23,000, shows an increase of 1,000 on the number at Sinai Num 3:39. It is doubtless to be taken as a round number; and, as before, includes the male children from a month old and upward, as well as the male adults.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּהְי֣וּand they were

    vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • פְקֻדֵיהֶ֗םenrolled [men] their

    fekudeihemH6485 →303 times

  • שְׁלֹשָׁ֤הthree

    sheloshahH7969 →432 times

  • וְעֶשְׂרִים֙and twenty

    veesrimH6242 →315 times

  • אֶ֔לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • זָכָ֖רmale

    zakharH2145 →82 times

  • מִבֶּן־from a son of

    miben-H1121 →4930 times

  • חֹ֣דֶשׁa month

    chodeshH2320 →284 times

  • וָמָ֑עְלָהand up -wards

    vamaelahH4605 →140 times

  • כִּ֣י׀for

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • הָתְפָּקְד֗וּthey were enrolled

    hatepakeduH6485 →303 times

  • בְּתוֹךְ֙in among

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • כִּ֠יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • נִתַּ֤ןit was given

    nitanH5414 →2011 times

  • לָהֶם֙to <the> them

    lahem

  • נַחֲלָ֔הan inheritance

    nachalahH5159 →222 times

  • בְּת֖וֹךְin among

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

7 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 10:9

    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 44:28

      In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

    • Numbers 18:20–24

      Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

    • Deuteronomy 18:1–2

      The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.

    • Joshua 14:3

      For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.

  • Through

    Numbers 1:49

    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 2:33

      But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Through

    Numbers 3:39

    The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 7:14

      But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

    • Numbers 4:47–48

      from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869).