Levi
לֵוִי · le.vi · H3878Λευΐ · Leui · G3017J3 other spellings“associated with him” Hitchcock's 1869329 mentions in 25 books, most in Numbers (62)
Who he was
Levi was the third son of Israel (or 'Jacob') and Leah (Genesis 29:34). Along with his brother Simeon, he took revenge on the Shechemites for the rape of their sister Dinah (Genesis 34:25–31). Jacob rebuked them for this act on his deathbed (Genesis 49:5–7). Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16). His descendants, the Levites, were set apart as the priestly tribe (Exodus 32:26–29; Numbers 3:5–13). They were responsible for the tabernacle and its services (Numbers 1:47–54; 3.14-39; 4.1-49; 8.5-26). The Levites were given cities throughout Israel, but no territorial inheritance (Numbers 35:1–8; Joshua 21:1–42). Notable Levites include Moses, Aaron, and Samuel. The Levites are frequently mentioned in the historical and prophetic books of the Old Testament, as well as in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles. In the New Testament, Levites are mentioned in connection with the temple and its services (Luke 10:32; John 1:19; Acts 4:36). The Levitical priesthood is contrasted with the superior priesthood of Christ (Hebrews 7:1–28).
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Family
FatherIsraelMotherLeahSiblingsReuben, Simeon, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph, BenjaminChildrenGershon, Kohath, Merari, Jochebed
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Every mention
329 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Genesis6 mentions
Genesis 29:34She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.Genesis 34:25On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.Genesis 34:30Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather…Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Genesis 49:5“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
Exodus9 mentions
Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Exodus 2:1A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.Exodus 4:14Yahweh’s anger burned against Moses, and he said, “What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he is coming out to meet you. When he sees you…Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.Exodus 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.Exodus 6:25Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.Exodus 32:26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh’s side, come to me!” All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.Exodus 32:28The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.Exodus 38:21These are the amounts of materials used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the…
Leviticus2 mentions
Leviticus 25:32“‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time.Leviticus 25:33The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession…
Numbers62 mentions
Numbers 1:47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.Numbers 1:49“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;Numbers 1:50but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and…Numbers 1:51When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.Numbers 1:53But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. The Levites shall be responsible for the…Numbers 2:17“Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.Numbers 2:33But the Levites were not counted among the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.Numbers 3:6“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.Numbers 3:9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.Numbers 3:12“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine,Numbers 3:15“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”Numbers 3:17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Numbers 3:20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.Numbers 3:32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.Numbers 3:39All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.Numbers 3:41You shall take the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock…Numbers 3:45“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.Numbers 3:46For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,Numbers 3:49Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;Numbers 4:2“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,Numbers 4:18“Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;Numbers 4:46All those who were counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel counted, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,Numbers 7:5“Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.”Numbers 7:6Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.Numbers 8:6“Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.Numbers 8:9You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.Numbers 8:10You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,Numbers 8:11and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.Numbers 8:12“The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.Numbers 8:13You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.Numbers 8:14Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.Numbers 8:15“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.Numbers 8:18I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.Numbers 8:19I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for…Numbers 8:20Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel…Numbers 8:21The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.Numbers 8:22After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.Numbers 8:24“This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;Numbers 8:26but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do their duties.”Numbers 16:1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men.Numbers 16:7put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”Numbers 16:8Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi!Numbers 16:10and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?Numbers 17:3You shall write Aaron’s name on Levi’s rod. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses.Numbers 17:8On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.Numbers 18:2Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before…Numbers 18:6Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 18:21“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 18:23But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel…Numbers 18:24For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children…Numbers 18:26“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a…Numbers 18:30“Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.Numbers 26:57These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the…Numbers 26:58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korahites. Kohath…Numbers 26:59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.Numbers 31:30Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the…Numbers 31:47even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle, as…Numbers 35:2“Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites cities to dwell in out of their inheritance. You shall give pasture lands for the cities around them to the Levites.Numbers 35:4“The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it.Numbers 35:6“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the man slayer to flee to. Besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
Deuteronomy25 mentions
Deuteronomy 10:8At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.Deuteronomy 10:9Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Yahweh is his inheritance, according as Yahweh your God spoke to him.)Deuteronomy 12:12You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion…Deuteronomy 12:18but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is…Deuteronomy 12:19Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.Deuteronomy 14:27You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.Deuteronomy 14:29The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat…Deuteronomy 16:11You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the…Deuteronomy 16:14You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates.Deuteronomy 17:9You shall come to the priests who are Levites and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict.Deuteronomy 17:18It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests.Deuteronomy 18:1The priests and the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of Yahweh made by fire and his portion.Deuteronomy 18:6If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Yahweh shall choose,Deuteronomy 18:7then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Yahweh.Deuteronomy 21:5The priests the sons of Levi shall come near, for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in Yahweh’s name; and according to their word shall every controversy and…Deuteronomy 24:8Be careful in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.Deuteronomy 26:11You shall rejoice in all the good which Yahweh your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is among you.Deuteronomy 26:12When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless…Deuteronomy 26:13You shall say before Yahweh your God, “I have put away the holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow…Deuteronomy 27:9Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become the people of Yahweh your God.Deuteronomy 27:12“These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.Deuteronomy 27:14With a loud voice, the Levites shall say to all the men of Israel,Deuteronomy 31:9Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.Deuteronomy 31:25Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, saying,Deuteronomy 33:8About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
Joshua17 mentions
Joshua 3:3and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of Yahweh your God’s covenant, and the Levitical priests bearing it, then leave your place and follow it.Joshua 8:33All Israel, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, the foreigner as well as the…Joshua 13:14Only he gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.Joshua 13:33But Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.Joshua 14:3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.Joshua 14:4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. They gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their livestock…Joshua 18:7However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the…Joshua 21:1Then the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.Joshua 21:3The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their pasture lands.Joshua 21:4The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of…Joshua 21:8The children of Israel gave these cities with their pasture lands by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.Joshua 21:10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.Joshua 21:20The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.Joshua 21:27They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and…Joshua 21:34To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,Joshua 21:40All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.Joshua 21:41All the cities of the Levites among the possessions of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
Judges10 mentions
Judges 17:7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.Judges 17:9Micah said to him, “Where did you come from?” He said to him, “I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”Judges 17:10Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.” So the Levite went in.Judges 17:11The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.Judges 17:12Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.Judges 17:13Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite as my priest.”Judges 18:3When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; so they went over there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What do you do in this place? What do…Judges 18:15They went over there and came to the house of the young Levite man, even to the house of Micah, and asked him how he was doing.Judges 19:1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem…Judges 20:4The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.
1 Kings2 mentions
1 Chronicles47 mentions
1 Chronicles 2:1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.1 Chronicles 6:16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.1 Chronicles 6:38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.1 Chronicles 6:43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.1 Chronicles 6:47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.1 Chronicles 6:48Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God’s house.1 Chronicles 6:64The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.1 Chronicles 9:2Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.1 Chronicles 9:14Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;1 Chronicles 9:18who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.1 Chronicles 9:26for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.1 Chronicles 9:31Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.1 Chronicles 9:33These are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the rooms and were free from other service, for they were employed in their work day and night.1 Chronicles 9:34These were heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men. They lived at Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 12:26Of the children of Levi: four thousand six hundred.1 Chronicles 13:2David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is of Yahweh our God, let’s send word everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with…1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”1 Chronicles 15:4David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:1 Chronicles 15:11David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,1 Chronicles 15:12and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, up…1 Chronicles 15:14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.1 Chronicles 15:15The children of the Levites bore God’s ark on their shoulders with its poles, as Moses commanded according to Yahweh’s word.1 Chronicles 15:16David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices…1 Chronicles 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;1 Chronicles 15:22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.
2 Chronicles59 mentions
Ezra23 mentions
Nehemiah39 mentions
Psalms1 mention
Isaiah1 mention
Zechariah1 mention
Luke1 mention
John1 mention
Acts1 mention
Revelation1 mention
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