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49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

Numbers 1:49

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 47-54)

Care is here taken to distinguish from the rest of the tribes the tribe of Levi, which, in the matter of the golden calf, had distinguished itself, Exod. 32:26. Note, Singular services shall be recompensed with singular honours. Now, I. It was the honour of the Levites that they were made guardians of the spiritualities; to them was committed the care of the tabernacle and the treasures thereof, b...

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