Numbers 2:33

33 The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 2:33 in Other Translations

KJV
33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
ESV
33 But the Levites were not listed among the people of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
NLT
33 But as the LORD had commanded, the Levites were not included in this registration.
MSG
33 Following God's command to Moses, the Levites were not counted in with the rest of Israel.
CSB
33 But the Levites were not registered among the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Numbers 2:33 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:33

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of
Israel
At this time, not among the Israelites, but by themselves, they being a camp of themselves:

as the Lord commanded Moses;
( Numbers 1:48 Numbers 1:49 ) .

Numbers 2:33 In-Context

31 All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.
32 These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.
33 The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.
34 So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Numbers 1:47; Numbers 26:57-62
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