"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
KJV
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
Commentary
Commentary
Only thou shall not number the tribe of Levi,.... That is, along with the other tribes, for it might be numbered by itself, as it afterwards was,
Num 3:43
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neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel; which confirms what is before observed: now this being the declared will of God clears Moses from all partiality to his own tribe, he doing nothing but what he had a command of God for it.
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