“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them amongst the children of Israel;
For the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
But the Levites were not counted amongst the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted amongst the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them amongst the children of Israel.