Numbers 2:33

33 But the Levites were not registered among the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.[a]

Numbers 2:33 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:33

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of
Israel
At this time, not among the Israelites, but by themselves, they being a camp of themselves:

as the Lord commanded Moses;
( Numbers 1:48 Numbers 1:49 ) .

Numbers 2:33 In-Context

31 The total number who belong to Dan's encampment is 157,600; they are to move out last, with their banners."
32 These are the Israelites registered by their ancestral houses. The total number in the camps by their military divisions is 603,550.
33 But the Levites were not registered among the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
34 The Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; they camped by their banners in this way and moved out the same way, each man by his clan and by his ancestral house.

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