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Num. 2:33 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
were not numbered
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
among
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
; as the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
commanded
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Num. 1:47‑49• 47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
 48For Jehovah had spoken to Moses, saying,
 49Thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: (Num. 1:47‑49)
• It would attract the attention of any one reading this with care, that all is stamped with the sovereignty of God. No room is left for the human will; all their blessing is traced to the sovereignty of God. We get the nation of warriors, those “able to go forth to war,” and are distinctly told the Levites were not set apart for that. God had something special for them. (“Chapter 2.” by J.A. Taylor, of Worthing)
• Subsequently we find the Levites are numbered twice; once from a month old {Num. 3:14}, and afterward those from thirty to fifty {Num. 4:3}. It all has its voice to us, ―its own peculiar significance. It is a wonderful privilege to be set apart by God for His service. That is the thought of being numbered from a month old. It is because they are being numbered instead of the firstborn in all the other tribes. As we read in chapter 3:13, from the day God smote the firstborn of Egypt, He claimed all the firstborn of Israel. Now God in His sovereignty sees fit to substitute the tribe of Levi for all the firstborn in the other tribes. “They are Mine.” He claims them. (“Chapter 2.” by J.A. Taylor, of Worthing)
• They had to pitch round the tabernacle when it was set up {Num. 3}. Three families belonged to the Levites, those of Kohath, Gershon, and Merari. Kohath occupied the south side; Gershon the west, and Merari the north. The east was occupied by the families of Moses and Aaron. All the priests belonged to the tribe of Levi. (“Chapter 2.” by J.A. Taylor, of Worthing)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

W. Kelly Translation

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But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as Jehovah commanded Moses.