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Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
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A Reward for Faithfulness
Commentators explain that the tribe of Levi was excluded from the military census not as a slight, but as a distinct honor. This special status was a reward for their decisive faithfulness to God during the incident with the golden calf (Exodus 32). As Matthew Henry notes, their exceptional service was met with exceptional honor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When a census of the tribe of Levi takes place (Numbers 3:15; Numbers 26:62), all the males are counted from a mon…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi That is, along with the other tribes, for it might be numbered by itself…
Care is taken here to distinguish the tribe of Levi, which, in the matter of the golden calf, had distinguished itself. Exceptional services will b…
