Numbers 1:47

47 The families from the tribe of Levi were not listed with the others, because

Numbers 1:47 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:47

But the Levites
The tribe of Levi were excepted from this muster, they being employed in a kind of warfare, and therefore not to be engaged in another:

after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them:
the rest of the tribes; the reason follows.

Numbers 1:47 In-Context

45 Every man of Israel twenty years old or older who was able to serve in the army was counted and listed with his family.

46 The total number of men was 603,550.

47 The families from the tribe of Levi were not listed with the others, because

48 the Lord had told Moses:

49 "Do not count the tribe of Levi or include them with the other Israelites.