18. called together the whole community on the first day of the second month and registered all the people by clans and families. The names of all the men twenty years old or older were recorded and counted,
19. as the Lord had commanded. In the Sinai Desert, Moses registered the people.
47. The Levites were not registered with the other tribes,
48. because the Lord had said to Moses,
49. “When you take a census of the men fit for military service, do not include the tribe of Levi.
50. Instead, put the Levites in charge of the Tent of my presence and all its equipment. They shall carry it and its equipment, serve in it, and set up their camp round it.
51. Whenever you move your camp, the Levites shall take the Tent down and set it up again at each new camping place. Anyone else who comes near the Tent shall be put to death.