Numbers 2:33
“But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.”
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.”
“Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:”
“But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.”
“And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.”
“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.”