Numbers 1:47

New International Reader's Version

But the families of the tribe of Levi were not counted along with the others.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:6

But Joab didn’t include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the total number. The king’s command was sickening to Joab.

Numbers 1:3

Count all the men able to serve in the army. They must be 20 years old or more. I want you and Aaron to make a list of them group by group.

Numbers 1:48

The Lord had spoken to Moses. He had said,

Numbers 1:50

Instead, put the Levites in charge of the holy tent. That is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The Levites will be in charge of everything that belongs to the holy tent. They must carry the tent and everything that belongs to it. They must take care of it. They must set up camp around it.

Numbers 2:33

But the Levites weren’t counted along with the other men of Israel. That’s what the Lord had commanded Moses.

Numbers 3:1

Here is the story of the family line of Aaron and Moses. It belongs to the time when the Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.

Numbers 3:14

The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai. He said,

Numbers 3:15

“Count the Levites by their family groups. Count every male a month old or more.”

Numbers 4:49

Everything was done as the Lord had commanded through Moses. Each man was given his work. And each one was told what to carry. So they were counted, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.