48 because יהוה had spoken to Mosheh, saying,

49 “Only the tribe of Lĕwi you do not register, nor take a census of them among the children of Yisra’ĕl.

50 “Instead, appoint the Lĕwites over the Dwelling Place of the Witness, over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They bear the Dwelling Place and all its furnishings, and they attend to it, and camp around the Dwelling Place.