Numbers 26:62

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.

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WEBBE

Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted amongst the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them amongst the children of Israel.

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.

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.

BBE

Of these, twenty-three thousand males, from one month old and over, were numbered: they were not numbered with the rest of the children of Israel, for they had no heritage among the children of Israel.

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וַיִּהְיוּ vai·yih·yu and they were H1961 פְקֻדֵיהֶם fe·ku·dei·hem enrolled [men] their H6485 שְׁלֹשָׁה she·lo·shah three H7969 וְעֶשְׂרִים ve·'es·rim and twenty H6242 אֶלֶף 'e·lef thousand H505 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 זָכָר za·khar male H2145 מִבֶּן־ mi·ben- from a son of H1121 חֹדֶשׁ cho·desh a month H2320 וָמָעְלָה va·ma·'e·lah and up -wards H4605 כִּי ki for H3588 לֹא lo' not H3808 הָתְפָּקְדוּ ha·te·pa·ke·du they were enrolled H6485 בְּתוֹךְ be·tokh in among H8432 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 כִּי ki for H3588 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 נִתַּן ni·tan it was given H5414 לָהֶם la·hem to (the) them H9038 נַחֲלָה na·cha·lah an inheritance H5159 בְּתוֹךְ be·tokh in among H8432 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 57–62

Levi was God's tribe; therefore it was not numbered with the rest, but alone. It came not under the sentence, that none of them should enter Canaan excepting Caleb and Joshua.

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