NUM 2:33 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Οἱ δὲ Λευῖται οὐ συνεπεσκέπησαν ἐν αὐτοῖς, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.
(Hoi de Leuitai ou sunepeskepaʸsan en autois, katha eneteilato Kurios tōi Mōusaʸ. )

ULT And they did not count the Levites in the midst of the sons of Israel, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

UST However, Moses and Aaron did not count the people of the tribe of Levi, who were in the middle of the Israelites, because Yahweh ordered Moses not to count them.

BSB But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

OEB No OEB NUM book available

WEBBE But the Levites were not counted amongst the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.

LSV And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

FBV However, the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, following the Lord's instructions to Moses.

T4T But just as Yahweh had commanded, the names of the descendants of Levi were not included.

LEB The Levites were not counted in the midst of the Israelites,[fn] just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

2:33 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

BBE But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.

Moff No Moff NUM book available

JPS But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

ASV But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

DRA And the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel: for so the Lord had commanded Moses.

YLT And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

Drby But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

RV But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Wbstr But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

KJB-1769 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

KJB-1611 But the Leuites were not numbred among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps But the Leuites were not numbred among the chyldren of Israel, as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.
(But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.)

Gnva But the Leuites were not nombred among the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
(But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses. )

Cvdl But ye Leuites were not nombred in ye summe amonge the childre of Israel, as ye LORDE comaunded Moses.
(But ye/you_all Levites were not numbered in ye/you_all some among the children of Israel, as ye/you_all LORD commanded Moses.)

Wycl Sotheli the dekenes weren not noumbrid among the sones of Israel; for God comaundide so to Moises.
(Truly the deacons were not noumbrid among the sons of Israel; for God commanded so to Moses.)

Luth Aber die Leviten wurden nicht in die Summa unter die Kinder Israel gezählet, wie der HErr Mose geboten hatte.
(But the Leviten became not in the Summa under the children Israel gezählet, like the/of_the LORD Mose offered had.)

ClVg Levitæ autem non sunt numerati inter filios Israël: sic enim præceperat Dominus Moysi.
(Levitæ however not/no are numerati between filios Israel: so because had_ordered Master of_Moses. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וְ⁠הַ֨⁠לְוִיִּ֔ם לֹ֣א הָתְפָּקְד֔וּ

and,the,Levites not counted

And introduces a contrast to what was expected. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a contrast. Alternate translation: “But they did not count the Levites”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns

לֹ֣א הָתְפָּקְד֔וּ

not counted

Here, they refers to Moses and Aaron. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly, as in the UST.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠ת֖וֹךְ

in_the=middle

See how you translated the same use of in the midst of in 1:47.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

sons_of Yisrael

See how you translated this phrase in 1:2.

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