Num.1.49

Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

Num.1.49

Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of The Dwelling of The Testimony--over all its furnishings and everything connected with it. Their job is to carry The Dwelling and all its furnishings, maintain it, and camp around it.

Num.1.49

"You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.

Num.1.49

"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;