Numbers 1:47

47 The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.

Numbers 1:47 in Other Translations

47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

47 But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.

47 But this total did not include the Levites.

47 The Levites, however, were not counted by their ancestral family along with the others.

47 But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.

Numbers 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.

Numbers 1:47 In-Context

45 All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.

46 The total number was 603,550.

47 The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.

48 The LORD had said to Moses:

49 “You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 3:17-20; Numbers 2:33; Numbers 26:57
• 2. Numbers 4:3,49