“Don’t count the men from the tribe of Levi or include them with the other Israelites.
The total number of males one month or older from the tribe of Levi was 23,000. But these men were not counted with the other Israelites. They did not get a share of the land that the Lord gave to the other people.
Moses obeyed the Lord and did not count the Levites with the other Israelites.
The Lord had told Moses: