Here in this chapter we read of Moses and Aaron, with the respective twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel, counting the number of people, who were male from twenty years old and upward, who were able to go to war in Israel. The total number from each tribe was 603,550.
The Levites were exempted from the census since they were assigned to work in the tabernacle. They were, therefore, exempt from military service. They (the Levites) were to camp around the tabernacle while the other tribes were to camp farther out. This arrangement would keep the other tribes from intruding into the tabernacle and thus prevent the wrath of God from breaking out against them.
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