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Numbers 26

Numbers 26:62

The Levites Numbered · Numbers 26:57–62
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Translations

Modern
The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
Traditional
And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
Literal
And their numbered ones were three and twenty thousand, every male from a son of a month and above; for they were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel, because no inheritance was given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.
Latin
Fueruntque omnes qui numerati sunt, viginti tria millia generis masculini ab uno mense et supra: quia non sunt recensiti inter filios Israël, nec eis cum ceteris data possessio est.

Original

Hebrew
English
The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

Notes

Numbers 26:62

  • Moses counted the Levites separately (compare 1:47–49; 3:14–39).

  • a month old or more: Compare 3:15.

  • The Levites did not receive a land allotment when the Israelites divided the land. Instead, they received 48 towns for their use, but no large territory as described in 26:52–56. (35:1–8; compare 18:23–24).

Numbers 26:1–65

After nearly 40 years, Israel registered their men of military age again. This was while camping on the plains of Moab across from Jericho (compare chapters 1–4). The overall population changed only slightly, with 603,550 in the first registration and 601,730 in the second. This nearly complete replacement of the population showed that the Lord remained faithful to Israel despite their repeated acts of rebellion (26:63–65).

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Census Desert Deuteronomy, Book of Eleazar Genealogy Jericho Levitical Cities Numbers, Book of

Topics

Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Return to the Plains of Moab: Third Numbering Levites: Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai Levites: Profits From: Levites: Set Apart As Ministers of Religion