Numbers 1:47 meaning and explanation

The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

Numbers 1:47, Berean Standard Bible

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The census just completed counted fighting men twenty and older, tribe by tribe, as the LORD had commanded Moses. Verse 47 marks an exception: the Levites were left out of that military registration.

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