44. These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the twelve princes of Israel, one man for each house of his fathers.
45. So were all those that were numbered of the sons of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
46. all those that were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
47. But the Levites according to the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48. For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,
49. Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the sons of Israel;
50. But thou shalt place the Levites in the tabernacle of the testimony and over all the vessels thereof and over all things that belong to it; they shall bear the tabernacle and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister in it and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
51. And when the tabernacle departs, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.
52. And the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents, each man by his own camp and each man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.