45  And all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, according to their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service in Israel, 46  all they that were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

47  But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48  For Jehovah had spoken to Moses, saying, 49  Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel. 50  But thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall serve it, and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp; 51  and when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encampeth, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.