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47 Responsibility of the Levites. The families of the tribe of Levi, however, were not counted with the rest of them[a] 48 for the Lord had said to Moses, 49 “You are not to take a census of the tribe of Levi, nor are you to include them in the census of the people of Israel.

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  1. Numbers 1:47 The tribe of Levi, the Levites, was responsible for worship and would not be counted for military purposes.