Numbers 26:62

60 Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,

61 but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.

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.

63 These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

64 Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
ASV
And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male 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.
DARBY
And those that were numbered of the [Levites] were twenty-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.
BLB
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.
ÅB
Og de av levittene som ble mønstret, var tre og tyve tusen, alt mannkjønn blant dem fra den som var en måned gammel og oppover; de ble ikke mønstret sammen med de andre Israels barn, fordi det ikke var gitt dem arv blant Israels barn.
OTB
Alle de mannlige levittene fra en måned gamle og oppover talte 23 000. De ble ikke talt blant de andre israelittene fordi de ikke mottok noen arv blant dem.
B1930
Og de av levittene som blev mønstret, var tre og tyve tusen, alt mannkjønn blandt dem fra den som var en måned gammel og opover; de blev ikke mønstret sammen med de andre Israels barn, fordi det ikke var gitt dem arv blandt Israels barn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 1:49

    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:9

    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

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  • Numbers 3:39

    The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.

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  • Numbers 35:2–8

    “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

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  • Joshua 13:33

    To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

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  • Joshua 14:3

    For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:1–2

    The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.

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  • Numbers 18:20–24

    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

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