Nombres 1:48

48 Car l'Éternel avait parlé à Moïse, en disant:

Nombres 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.

Nombres 1:48 In-Context

46 Tous ceux qui furent dénombrés, furent six cent trois mille cinq cent cinquante.

47 Mais les Lévites, selon la tribu de leurs pères, ne furent point dénombrés avec eux.

48 Car l'Éternel avait parlé à Moïse, en disant:

49 Tu ne dénombreras point la tribu de Lévi seulement, et tu n'en feras point le compte au milieu des enfants d'Israël;

50 Mais donne aux Lévites la charge de la Demeure du Témoignage, et de tous ses ustensiles, et de tout ce qui lui appartient. Ce sont eux qui porteront la Demeure et tous ses ustensiles, et qui en feront le service; et ils camperont autour de la Demeure.