Numbers 2:33
What does Numbers 2:33 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 2:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel: for so the Lord had commanded Moses.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Context
v.32These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
v.33This passage
v.34Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers’ houses.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 1:47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- Numbers 26:57
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
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