Numbers 1:45-49
Numbers 1:45
So all the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war in Israel,
Numbers 1:46
all the numbered men were 603,550. Levites Exempted
Numbers 1:47
The Levites, however, were not counted among them by their fathers’ tribe.
Numbers 1:48
For the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying,
Numbers 1:49
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel.