Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

They were not

Bible References

Those that

Numbers 1:49
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.
Numbers 3:39
All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the Lord by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000.
Numbers 4:27
All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads.
Numbers 18:20
Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.
Numbers 35:2
“Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.
Deuteronomy 10:9
Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him.)
Deuteronomy 14:27
Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Deuteronomy 18:1
The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’s offerings by fire and His portion.
Joshua 13:14
Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance; the offerings by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He spoke to him.
Joshua 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an inheritance to the Levites among them.

They were not

Numbers 1:49
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.

Because

Numbers 18:20
Then the Lord said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.
Numbers 35:2
“Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.
Deuteronomy 10:9
Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him.)
Deuteronomy 14:27
Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Deuteronomy 18:1
The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the Lord’s offerings by fire and His portion.
Joshua 13:14
Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance; the offerings by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He spoke to him.
Joshua 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an inheritance to the Levites among them.

General references

Numbers 1:47
The Levites, however, were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe.
Numbers 3:15
Number the sons of Levi by their fathers’ households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number.”
Deuteronomy 10:9
Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance, just as the Lord your God spoke to him.)