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Sources examine the Levites' exemption from the military census in the wilderness and their designated role serving in the Tabernacle. While medieval authorities assert that Levites were separated from warfare as part of their sacred calling, the sources also preserve evidence of Levite use of force in specific religious contexts, such as enforcing covenantal law, suggesting the exemption was functional rather than absolute.
לְפִיכָךְ הֻבְדְּלוּ מִדַּרְכֵי הָעוֹלָם לֹא עוֹרְכִין מִלְחָמָה
