Numbers 1:47
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
Cross-references
Numbers 1:3 commands the census of men able for war—the very census from which Levites are excluded here.
Numbers 1:50 assigns Levites care of the tabernacle—the reason they are excluded from the military census here.
Numbers 2:33 reiterates that Levites were not listed, confirming the instruction given here.
Numbers 3:1-51 records the separate census of Levites and their duties, expanding on their exclusion here.
Numbers 4:1-49 gives specific duties of Levites, following their exclusion from the war census here.
Numbers 8:1-26 details the consecration of Levites, fulfilling their distinct status stated here.
Numbers 26:57-62 records another census of Levites, showing the pattern of their separate numbering.
1 Chronicles 21:6 shows Levites again excluded from a census, echoing the command here.
Deuteronomy 10:8 describes the setting apart of Levi for service, the basis for their exclusion from the war census here.
1 Chronicles 6:1-81 provides the genealogy of Levi, reflecting their separate status from the other tribes.