Numbers 2:33

33 But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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 All that were numbered of the camp of Dan, a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred: they shall set out last according to their order.

32 This the numbering of the children of Israel according to the houses of their families: all the numbering of the camps with their forces, six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

33 But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

34 And the children of Israel did all things that the Lord commanded Moses; thus they encamped in their order, and thus they began their march in succession each according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families.