"Onlythe tribeof Leviyou shall not number,norshall you taketheir censusamongthe sonsof Israel.
For the LORDhad spokento Moses,saying,
The Levites,however, were not numberedamongthe sonsof Israel,justas the LORDhad commandedMoses.
Those who were numberedof them were 23,000,everymalefrom a montholdand upward,for they were not numberedamongthe sonsof Israelsincenoinheritancewas givento them amongthe sonsof Israel.
