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Number the children of Levi by their fathers` houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shall you number them.
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A Different Kind of Census
Commentators explain that while other tribes were counted from age twenty for military service, the Levites were counted from one month old. This was not for war but for a sacred purpose: to serve as substitutes for the firstborn of Israel, who were also claimed by God at one month of age. This specific age requirement ensured a fair and direct exchange.
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19th Century
Anglican
From a month old and upward ... — The males of the other tribes had been numbered from twenty years old and upward
16th Century
Protestant
Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers. The enumeration of the tribe now follows, beginning with the three sons of L…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Number the children of Levi Who were left out of the general muster of the children of Israel, but now were to be nu…
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Presbyterian
The Levites were in three classes according to the sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari—and these were subdivided into families. The descendant…
