Numbers 1:49
Modern Translations
New International Version
"You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.

New Living Translation
“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.

English Standard Version
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel.

Berean Study Bible
“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

New American Standard Bible
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.

NASB 1995
"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.

NASB 1977
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.

Amplified Bible
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel [since they are unavailable to go to war].

Christian Standard Bible
“Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.

Contemporary English Version
When you count the Israelites, do not include those from the Levi tribe.

Good News Translation
"When you take a census of the men fit for military service, do not include the tribe of Levi.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Don't register the tribe of Levi or include them in the census with the other Israelites.

International Standard Version
"Be sure not to number or count the tribe of Levi with the rest of the Israelis.

NET Bible
"Only the tribe of Levi you must not number or count with the other Israelites.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

New King James Version
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;

King James 2000 Bible
Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

New Heart English Bible
"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

World English Bible
"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

American King James Version
Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

American Standard Version
Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

A Faithful Version
"Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.

English Revised Version
Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

Webster's Bible Translation
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of Israel:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the chyldren of Israel.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The trybe of Leui shalt thou not nombre, ner take the summe of them amonge ye children of Israel:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
only se that thou numbre not the trybe of Leui nether take the summe of them amonge the childern of Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“Only the tribe of Levi you do not number, and you do not take up their census in the midst of the sons of Israel;

Young's Literal Translation
'Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel;

Smith's Literal Translation
But the tribe of Levi thou shalt not review, and their head thou shalt not take in the midst of the sons of Israel.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel:

Catholic Public Domain Version
“Do not number the tribe of Levi, neither shall you take a total of them with the sons of Israel.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The tribe of Levi you shall not number and their computation you shall not take among the sons of Israel.

Lamsa Bible
You shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Howbeit the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
See, thou shalt not muster the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel.
















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