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But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.
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Verse 47. Levites. As they attended the tabernacle, like God’s peculiar servants, and were not obliged to go forth to battle, it was not necessary to number them with the rest. Calmet.—They might, however, fight if they thought proper, as the Machabees did. See Josep. Ant. iii. 11. iv. 4. Tirinus.
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