Numbers 26:62
in Numbers 26The 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.
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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.
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This verse in Numbers 26
Commentary
1 note on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּהְי֣וּ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| פְקֻדֵיהֶ֗ם | fekudeihem | enrolled [men] their | H6485 → | 303 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אֶ֔לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זָכָ֖ר | zakhar | male | H2145 → | 82 times |
| מִבֶּן־ | miben- | from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֹ֣דֶשׁ | chodesh | a month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| וָמָ֑עְלָה | vamaelah | and up -wards | H4605 → | 140 times |
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָתְפָּקְד֗וּ | hatepakedu | they were enrolled | H6485 → | 303 times |
| בְּתוֹךְ֙ | betokh | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כִּ֠י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נִתַּ֤ן | nitan | it was given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָהֶם֙ | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| נַחֲלָ֔ה | nachalah | an inheritance | H5159 → | 222 times |
| בְּת֖וֹךְ | betokh | in among | H8432 → | 418 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
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 stopsEach 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 10:9That 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.
- Ezekiel 44:28
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.
- Numbers 2:33
Through
Numbers 3:39The 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.
- Matthew 7:14
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869).
