49"You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.


In Context

46 The total number was 603,550.

47 The families of the tribe of Levi, however, were not counted along with the others.

48 The Lord had said to Moses:

49 "You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.

50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony-over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.

51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who goes near it shall be put to death.

Numbers 1:49 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:49Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:49Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:49Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:49|Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:49'Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:49Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: