“The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.”
Numbers 1:47 (BSB)
Context Reading
45So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families. 46And all those counted totaled 603,550. 47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers. 48For the LORD had said to Moses: 49“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.