Numbers 1:49

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ךְ אֶת־מַטֵּ֤ה לֵוִי֙ לֹ֣א תִפְקֹ֔ד וְאֶת־רֹאשָׁ֖ם לֹ֣א תִשָּׂ֑א בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

ʾaḵ ʾẹṯ-maṭṭēh lēwî lōʾ ṯip̄qōḏ wəʾẹṯ-rōʾšām lōʾ ṯiśśāʾ bəṯôḵ bənê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*ʾaḵ*: adverb - only/surely/however
*ʾẹṯ-maṭṭēh*: direct object marker *ʾẹṯ* + noun, masculine singular construct - the tribe of
*lēwî*: proper name, masculine singular - Levi
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ṯip̄qōḏ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall count/number
*wəʾẹṯ-rōʾšām*: conjunction *wə* + direct object marker *ʾẹṯ* + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their head/sum
*ṯiśśāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall lift/count
*bəṯôḵ*: preposition *bə* + noun, masculine singular construct - in the midst of
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name, masculine singular - Israel

Word Meanings

*ʾaḵ*: only/however/surely
*maṭṭēh*: tribe/staff/branch
*ṯip̄qōḏ*: count/number/muster
*rōʾšām*: their head/their count/their sum/their census
*ṯiśśāʾ*: lift up/take/count
*bəṯôḵ bənê yiśrāʾēl*: among the sons of Israel/among the Israelites

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 26:62 : 62 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.
Num 2:33 : 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 1:46-48
3 verses
85%
46Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
Num 2:33
81%
33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Num 1:50
78%
50But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
Num 4:18
76%
18Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
Num 3:15-16
2 verses
76%
15Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
Num 4:46
75%
46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Josh 13:14
75%
14Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Deut 10:9
75%
9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
Num 1:53
74%
53But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
Num 26:64
74%
64But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 18:2-3
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74%
2And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
Num 8:14
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14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Num 18:22-23
2 verses
73%
22Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
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Num 4:1-2
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73%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Deut 18:1-2
2 verses
73%
1The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
2Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
Num 8:26
73%
26But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
Num 31:30
73%
30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
Josh 13:33
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33But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Num 8:9
73%
9And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
Deut 12:19
72%
19Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
Exod 30:12
72%
12When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
Num 1:19
72%
19As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 1:2-3
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72%
2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
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Mic 2:5
72%
5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
Josh 18:7
72%
7But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
Num 31:47
72%
47Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Num 4:49
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49According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Num 3:39
72%
39All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Josh 14:3
71%
3For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
Deut 14:27
71%
27And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
Num 1:31
71%
31Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Num 3:41
71%
41And thou shalt take the Levites for me(I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
Num 3:44
71%
44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 31:26
71%
26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
Num 3:6
71%
6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
Num 18:6
71%
6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Num 8:6
71%
6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
1 Chr 21:6
71%
6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
Num 4:29
70%
29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
Num 26:62
70%
62And 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.