Numbers 1:49

Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. But the Levites ... were not numbered. They were obliged to ke...
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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

The Levites. .. were not numbered. The Levites and their service an illustration of the Christian ministry The Levites were exempted from milit...
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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levites Set Aside for God's Service.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Numbers 2:33 ; Numbers 26:62
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Levi — Because they were not generally to go out to war, which was the thing principally eyed in this muster, Numbers 1:3 , Numbers 1:20 , Numbe...

⁴⁹ Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

Related Commentaries of Numbers 1:49

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 1:49