The tribe of Levi alone you shall not enroll nor include in the census along with the other Israelites.
For the Lord had told Moses,
The Levites, however, were not enrolled with the other Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
The Levites enrolled were twenty-three thousand, every male one month or more of age. They were not enrolled with the other Israelites, however, for no heritage was given them among the Israelites.