Numbers 1:49 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not enroll, and you shall not take a census of them with the other Israelites. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number in the census of the Israelites. American Standard Version (1901) Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel; Common English Bible You must not enlist the tribe of Levi, nor should you take their census along with the Israelites. Catholic Public Domain Version "Do not number the tribe of Levi, neither shall you take a total of them with the sons of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel: |
Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, the Levites were not enrolled among the other Israelites.
The number of those enrolled was twenty-three thousand, every male one month old and up, for they were not enrolled among the Israelites because there was no allotment given to them among the Israelites.