Numbers 2:33

33 Moses obeyed the Lord and did not count the Levites among the other people of Israel.

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 There are 157,600 men in the camps of Dan and its neighbors. They will be the last to march out of camp, and they will travel under their own flag.
32 These are the Israelites who were counted by fam-ilies. The total number of Israelites in the camps, counted by divisions, is 603,550.
33 Moses obeyed the Lord and did not count the Levites among the other people of Israel.
34 So the Israelites obeyed everything the Lord commanded Moses. They camped under their flags and marched out by families and family groups. Aaron's Family, the Priests
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