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These are those who 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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A Tribe Set Apart
Commentators explain that the Levites were counted separately because they were set apart for God's special service. Unlike the other tribes, their inheritance was not a portion of the land but the Lord Himself. This distinct census underscores their unique role and relationship with God.
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16th Century
Protestant
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites. He treats separately of the tribe of Levi, which God had set apart from the rest of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Presbyterian
Levi was God's tribe; therefore it was not numbered with the rest, but alone. It did not come under the sentence, that none of them should enter Ca…
