Números 1:48

48 Porque habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:

Números 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.

Números 1:48 In-Context

46 fueron todos los contados seiscientos tres mil quinientos cincuenta.

47 Pero los levitas, según la tribu de sus padres, no fueron contados entre ellos.

48 Porque habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo:

49 Solamente no contarás la tribu de Leví, ni tomarás la cuenta de ellos entre los hijos de Israel;

50 mas tú pondrás a los levitas en el tabernáculo del testimonio, y sobre todos sus vasos, y sobre todas las cosas que les pertenecen; ellos llevarán el tabernáculo y todos sus vasos, y ellos servirán en él, y asentarán sus tiendas alrededor del tabernáculo.