Mínshùjì 1:47

47 Lìwèi rén què méiyǒu àn zhe zhīpaì shǔ zaì qízhōng ,

Mínshùjì 1:47 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:47

But the Levites
The tribe of Levi were excepted from this muster, they being employed in a kind of warfare, and therefore not to be engaged in another:

after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them:
the rest of the tribes; the reason follows.

Mínshùjì 1:47 In-Context

45 Zhèyàng fán Yǐsèliè rén zhōng beì shǔ de , zhào zhe zōngzú cóng èr shí suì yǐwaì , néng chū qù dǎzhàng , beì shǔ de , gōng yǒu liù shí wàn líng sān qiā wǔ bǎi wǔ shí míng .

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47 Lìwèi rén què méiyǒu àn zhe zhīpaì shǔ zaì qízhōng ,

48 Yīnwei Yēhéhuá xiǎoyù Móxī shuō ,

49 Wéidú Lìwèi zhīpaì nǐ bùkĕ shǔ diǎn , yĕ bùkĕ zaì Yǐsèliè rén zhōng jìsuàn tāmende zǒng shǔ .