Mínshùjì 1:48

48 Yīnwei Yēhéhuá xiǎoyù Móxī shuō ,

Mínshùjì 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.

Mínshùjì 1:48 In-Context

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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 .

50 Zhǐyào paì Lìwèi rén guǎn fǎ jǔ de zhàngmù hé qízhōng de qìjù , bìng shǔ hū zhàngmù de . tāmen yào tái ( tái huò zuò bān yùn ) zhàngmù hé qízhōng de qìjù , bìng yào bànlǐ zhàngmù de shì , zaì zhàngmù de sìwéi ān yíng .