Numeri 1:48

48 poiché l’Eterno avea parlato a Mosè, dicendo:

Numeri 1:48 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:48

For the Lord had spoken unto Moses
Not to number the Levites, when he gave him the orders to number the rest of the tribes: this is observed, lest it should be thought that this was what Moses did of himself, out of affection to the tribe he was of, and to spare it, that it might not be obliged to go forth to war when others did; not that they were forbid to engage in war, or that it was unlawful for them so to do, for when necessity required, and they were of themselves willing to engage in it, they might, as appears in the case of the Maccabees, but they might not be forced into it; they were, as Josephus

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 says, exempted from it; and so all concerned in religious service, both among Heathens and Christians, have always been excused bearing arms:

saying;
as follows.

F5 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 12. sect. 4.

Numeri 1:48 In-Context

46 tutti quelli dei quali fu fatto il censimento, furono seicentotremila cinquecentocinquanta.

47 Ma i Leviti, come tribù dei loro padri, non furon compresi nel censimento con gli altri;

48 poiché l’Eterno avea parlato a Mosè, dicendo:

49 "Soltanto della tribù di Levi non farai il censimento, e non ne unirai l’ammontare a quello de’ figliuoli d’Israele;

50 ma affida ai Leviti la cura del tabernacolo della testimonianza, di tutti i suoi utensili e di tutto ciò che gli appartiene. Essi porteranno il tabernacolo e tutti i suoi utensili, ne faranno il servizio, e staranno accampati attorno al tabernacolo.