1 Chronicles 21:6

Now Joab ¹  did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him.

But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.

Joab, disgusted by the command--it, in fact, turned his stomach!--protested by leaving Levi and Benjamin out of the census-taking.

But Levi and Benjamin were not numbered among them, for Joab was disgusted with the king’s order.

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

Now Joab ¹  did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the proper name (“Joab”) has been substituted for the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.