Numbers 1:48
New International Version
The LORD had said to Moses:

New Living Translation
For the LORD had said to Moses,

English Standard Version
For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD had said to Moses:

King James Bible
For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

New King James Version
for the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying:

New American Standard Bible
For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying,

NASB 1995
For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying,

NASB 1977
For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh had spoken to Moses, saying,

Amplified Bible
For the LORD had said to Moses,

Christian Standard Bible
For the LORD had told Moses,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the LORD had told Moses: “

American Standard Version
For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Contemporary English Version
because the LORD had said to Moses:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

English Revised Version
For the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD had said to Moses,

Good News Translation
because the LORD had said to Moses,

International Standard Version
because the LORD had ordered Moses:

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

Literal Standard Version
seeing YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

Majority Standard Bible
For the LORD had said to Moses:

New American Bible
For the LORD had told Moses,

NET Bible
The LORD had said to Moses,

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD had said to Moses:

New Heart English Bible
For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying,

World English Bible
For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
seeing Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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Context
The Exemption of the Levites
47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers. 48For the LORD had said to Moses: 49“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.…

Cross References
Numbers 1:47
The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

Numbers 1:49
"Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.


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(48) For the Lord had spoken . . . --Better, And the Lord spake . . . (Numbers 3:1; Numbers 3:5-6; Numbers 3:14-15). It is true that the Levites were not included in the earlier numbering, and consequently that they must have been exempted by divine direction. It does not appear, however, that there is a reference to any previous command respecting the Levites, or that the specific destination of the Levites had been previously declared.

Verse 48. - Had spoken. Rather, "spake," and so Septuagint. This was the formal command to separate, although it had been anticipated to a considerable extent. The Levites had been marked out from the others

(1) as the tribesmen of Moses and Aaron,

(2) as the champions of Jehovah in the matter of the golden calf (Exodus 32:26, sq.); they had been already employed, or at least designated, for religious services; and the peculiarity of their future position in Israel had been recognized in the Divine legislation (Leviticus 25:32, sq.), and in their not being called upon to contribute to the capitation for the sanctuary. In a word, this ordinance, like so many others, did little more than give a formal and direct sanction to a state of things which had already come into play, partly through natural causes, partly through providential directions.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had said to
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

Moses:
מֹשֶׁ֥ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver


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