Numbers 2:33

33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah 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 were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards.

32 These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

34 Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers' houses.