Levites also comprise one of the four surviving families of Samaritans, where they serve the role of High Priests due to the fact that the last Samaritan High Priest Cohanic family went extinct in the 17th century.

Why were the Levites not counted?

Later in the story, as presented in the Pentateuch, Levi and his family, the Levites, are not numbered with the other tribes (Numbers 1:17–46). ... Since the Levites have no land, they are allotted a tithe to sustain themselves while they work as priests (Numbers 18:21, 24).

What does Levites mean in the Bible?

: a member of the priestly Hebrew tribe of Levi specifically : a Levite of non-Aaronic descent assigned to lesser ceremonial offices under the Levitical priests of the family of Aaron.