Numbers 1:47

47 But the Levites, belonging to their own ancestral tribe, weren't enlisted along with them.

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 All the Israelites 20 years old and above eligible for military service in Israel were enlisted by their households.

46 All those enlisted were 603,550.

47 But the Levites, belonging to their own ancestral tribe, weren't enlisted along with them.

48 The LORD spoke to Moses:

49 You must not enlist the tribe of Levi, nor should you take their census along with the Israelites.