Numbers 1:47

47 But the households from the tribe of Levi were not registered along with the other Israelites.

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 So the Israelites were registered by households. The grand total of men who were at least 20 years old and eligible for military duty

46 was 603,550.

47 But the households from the tribe of Levi were not registered along with the other Israelites.

48 The LORD had said to Moses,

49 "Don't register the tribe of Levi or include them in the census with the other Israelites.