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 · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel: for so the Lord had commanded Moses.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But 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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