Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

Bible References

General references

Numbers 1:3
from 20 years and upward. You and Aaron are to register everyone in Israel who is able to go to war, company by company.
Numbers 2:33
but the descendants of Levi were not numbered along with the other Israelis, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 26:57
Those who were numbered from the descendants of Levi, listed according to their families, included: From Gershon, the family of the descendants of Gershon; from Kohath, the family of the descendants of Kohath; and from Merari, the family of the descendants of Merari.
1 Chronicles 21:6
Levi and Benjamin were not included in the census, because what the king had commanded was unethical to Joab.

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