Numbers 1:49 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 1:49

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

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ASV

Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

KJV

Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַ֣ךְ	'akh	only	H389 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַטֵּ֤ה	ma.Teh	[the] tribe of	H4294 →
לֵוִי֙	le.Vi	Levi	H3878 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תִפְקֹ֔ד	tif.Kod	you will enroll	H6485 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
רֹאשָׁ֖ם	ro.Sham	head their	H7218 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תִשָּׂ֑א	ti.Sa'	you will lift up	H5375 →
בְּת֖וֹךְ	be.Tokh	in among	H8432 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

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Numbers 26:62
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.
leads to
- Numbers 35:2–8
  “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Through
Numbers 2:33
But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
leads to
- Numbers 1:47–49
  The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
- Numbers 26:57–62
  Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

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