Discovery BoxNumbers 1:47 
Context1:47 But 1 the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, 2 were not numbered 3 among them.
Numbers 2:33
Context2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 3:17
Context3:17 These were the sons 4 of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:19
Context3:19 The sons of Kohath by their families were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Numbers 3:23
Context3:23 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west.
Numbers 3:29
Context3:29 The families of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.
Numbers 4:36
Context4:36 and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750.
Numbers 4:40
Context4:40 those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630.
Numbers 4:44
Context4:44 those of them numbered by their families were 3,200.
Numbers 10:28
Context10:28 These were the traveling arrangements 5 of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled. 6
Numbers 13:4
Context13:4 Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
Numbers 26:18
Context26:18 These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500. 7
Numbers 26:22
Context26:22 These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500. 8
Numbers 26:25
Context26:25 These were the families of Issachar, according to those numbered of them, 64,300. 9
Numbers 26:27
Context26:27 These were the families of the Zebulunites, according to those numbered of them, 60,500. 10
Numbers 26:36
Context26:36 Now these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the Eranites.
Numbers 26:43
Context26:43 All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400. 11
Numbers 26:60
Context26:60 And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Numbers 31:39-40
Context31:39 The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord’s tribute was 61. 31:40 The people were 16,000, of which the Lord’s tribute was 32 people. 12
Numbers 31:43
Context31:43 there were 337,500 sheep from the portion belonging to the community,
1 tn The vav (ו) on this word indicates a disjunction with the previous sequence of reports. It may be taken as a contrastive clause, translated “but” or “however.”
2 tn The construction is unexpected, for Levites would be from the tribe of Levi. The note seems more likely to express that all these people were organized by tribal lineage, and so too the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers – individual families of Levites.
3 tc The form in the text is הָתְפָּקְדוּ (hotpaqÿdu); if this is correct, then it is an isolated instance of the reflexive of the Qal of פָּקַד (paqad). Some, however, explain the form as the Hitpael without the doubling of the middle letter and with a compensatory lengthening of the vowel before it (G. B. Gray, Numbers [ICC], 10).
4 tn The word “sons of” does at the outset refer to the sons of Levi. But as the listing continues the expression refers more to the family groups of the various descendants.
5 tn Or “journeyings of.”
6 tn The verb is the preterite with vav (ו) consecutive. But in this sentence it should be subordinated as a temporal clause to the preceding statement, even though it follows it.
7 sn The Gadites decreased from 45,650 to 40,500.
8 sn The Judahites increased from 74,600 to 76,500.
9 sn The Issacharites increased from 54,400 to 64,300.
10 sn The Zebulunites showed a slight increase from 57,400 to 60,500.
11 sn The Danites increased from 62,700 to 64,400.
12 tn Heb “soul.”
