Numeri 1:48

48 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:

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


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 war sechsmal hunderttausend und dreitausend fünfhundertundfünfzig. {~}
47 Aber die Leviten nach ihrer Väter Stamm wurden nicht mit darunter gezählt.
48 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:
49 Den Stamm Levi sollst du nicht zählen noch ihre Summe nehmen unter den Kindern Israel,
50 sondern du sollst sie ordnen zur Wohnung des Zeugnisses und zu allem Geräte und allem, was dazu gehört. Und sie sollen die Wohnung tragen und alles Gerät und sollen sein pflegen und um die Wohnung her sich lagern.
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