"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel.
And those listed were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For they were not listed among the people of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.
But the Levites were not listed among the people of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,