Numbers 2:33

33 But the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel, as the LORD had 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 those that were numbered in the camp of Dan were one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall go last behind their standards.
32 These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel by the houses of their fathers; all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
34 And the sons of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; so they pitched by their standards, and so they marched, each one after their families, according to the houses of their fathers.
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