Verse 6
6. Levi and Benjamin counted he not The Levites were not numbered by Moses in obedience to the command which was given at Sinai, “Thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.” Numbers 1:49. Because of this command they were not reckoned by David. The Benjamites were not numbered, probably, as Bertheau explains, because the numbering was stopped before the census of that tribe was taken. The writer gives as a reason that the king’s word was abominable to Joab. Joab discerned at the beginning of the matter that it was fraught with evil omen, (see on 2 Samuel 24:3,) and his opposition to the measure served, probably, to stop the census sooner than would otherwise have been the case. The coming of the pestilence put an effectual stop to Joab’s work. 1 Chronicles 27:24.
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