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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.

And those that were numbered {H6485} of them were twenty {H6242} and three {H7969} thousand {H505}, all males {H2145} from a month {H2320} old {H1121} and upward {H4605}: for they were not numbered {H6485} among {H8432} the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}, because there was no inheritance {H5159} given {H5414} them among {H8432} the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}.

Those males one month old or more counted of the Levi were 23,000. These were not included in the census of the people of Isra'el, because no land for inheritance was given to them among the people of Isra'el.

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.

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.

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  • Numbers 1:49 (5 votes)

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

  • Numbers 3:39 (5 votes)

    All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two thousand.

  • Numbers 35:2 (5 votes)

    Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

  • Numbers 35:8 (5 votes)

    And the cities which ye shall give [shall be] of the possession of the children of Israel: from [them that have] many ye shall give many; but from [them that have] few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

  • Deuteronomy 10:9 (5 votes)

    Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

  • Numbers 18:20 (4 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

  • Numbers 18:24 (4 votes)

    But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.