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 1:48Numbers 1:49 ) .
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Numbers 2:33 In-Context
31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred: they shall go hindmost with their standards.
32 These [are] those who were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers. All those that were numbered of the camps throughout 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 the LORD commanded Moses.
34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they moved forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.