Numbers 1:47

47 But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among 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 So were all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war in Israel,

46 even all those who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

47 But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

49 "Only the tribe of Levi shalt thou not number, neither take the count of them among the children of Israel;