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LevitesNAVE'S
(The descendants of Levi)
Set apart as ministers of religion Numbers 1:47-54 · Numbers 3:6-16 · Numbers 16:9 · Numbers 26:57-62 · Deuteronomy 10:8 · 1 Chronicles 15:2
Substituted in the place of the firstborn children Numbers 3:12,41-45 · Numbers 8:14,16-18 · Numbers 18:6
Religious zeal of Exodus 32:26-28 · Deuteronomy 33:9,10 · Malachi 2:4,5
Consecration of Numbers 8:6-21
Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron Numbers 16
Three divisions of, each having the name of one of its progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari Numbers 3:17
Gershonites and their duties Numbers 3:18-26 · Numbers 4:23-26 · Numbers 10:17
The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priest Numbers 4:28
The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites Numbers 3:27 · Numbers 4:18-20
Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priests Exodus 28:1 · Exodus 29:9 · Numbers 3:38 · Numbers 17:1-4,8 · Numbers 18:1
The remaining families appointed to take charge of the ark of the covenant, table, lampstand, altars, and vessels of the sanctuary, the hangings, and all the service Numbers 3:27-32 · Numbers 4:2-15
The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priest Numbers 3:32 · 1 Chronicles 9:20
The Merarites Numbers 3:20,33-37 · Numbers 4:31-33 · Numbers 7:8 · Numbers 10:17 · 1 Chronicles 6:19,29,30 · 1 Chronicles 23:21-23
The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling high priest Numbers 4:33
Place of, in encampments and the march Numbers 1:50-53 · Numbers 2:17 · Numbers 3:23-35
Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan Joshua 21
Lodged in the chambers of the temple 1 Chronicles 9:27,33 · Ezekiel 40:44
Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem Nehemiah 12:29
Age of
When inducted into office Numbers 4:3,30,47 · Numbers 8:23-26 · 1 Chronicles 23:3,24,27 · Ezra 3:8
When retired from office Numbers 4:3,47
Functions of
Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the march Numbers 1:50-53 · Numbers 3:6-9,21-37 · Numbers 4:1-15,17-49 · Numbers 8:19 · Numbers 18:3-6
Had charge of the temple 1 Chronicles 9:27-29 · 1 Chronicles 23:2-32 · Ezra 8:24-34
Carried the ark of the covenant Deuteronomy 10:8 · 1 Chronicles 15:2,26,27
Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant 1 Chronicles 16:4
Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other offerings 1 Chronicles 9:26-29 · 1 Chronicles 26:28 · 1 Chronicles 29:8 · 2 Chronicles 24:5,11 · 2 Chronicles 31:11-19 · 2 Chronicles 34:9 · Ezra 8:29,30,33 · Nehemiah 12:44
Prepared the shewbread 1 Chronicles 23:28,29
Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice 2 Chronicles 29:12-36 · 2 Chronicles 35:1-18
Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity Ezra 6:20,21
Teachers of the law Deuteronomy 33:10 · 2 Chronicles 17:8,9 · 2 Chronicles 30:22 · 2 Chronicles 35:3 · Nehemiah 8:7-13 · Malachi 2:6,7
Were judges Deuteronomy 17:9 · 1 Chronicles 23:4 · 1 Chronicles 26:29 · 2 Chronicles 19:8-11 · Nehemiah 11:16
See also: Judges
(Were scribes of the sacred books)
See also: Scribes
Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service at Mount Gerizim Deuteronomy 27:12 · Joshua 8:33
Were porters of the doors
See also: Porters
Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple 1 Chronicles 23:2-4 · Ezra 3:8,9
Were musicians of the temple service
See also: Music
Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business 1 Chronicles 23:29
The list of those who returned from captivity Ezra 2:40-63 · Ezra 7:7 · Ezra 8:16-20 · Nehemiah 7:43-73 · Nehemiah 12
Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah Nehemiah 10:9-28
Profits from
In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with suburbs were assigned to them Numbers 35:2-8
And Numbers 26:62 · Deuteronomy 10:9 · Deuteronomy 12:12,18,19 · Deuteronomy 14:27-29 · Deuteronomy 18:1-8 · Joshua 13:14 · Joshua 14:3 · Joshua 18:7 · 1 Chronicles 6:54-81 · 1 Chronicles 13:2 · 2 Chronicles 23:2 · Ezekiel 34:1-5
Assigned to, by families Joshua 21:4-40
Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt Leviticus 25:32-34
Tithes and other offerings Numbers 18:24,26-32 · Deuteronomy 18:1-8 · Deuteronomy 26:11-13 · Joshua 13:14 · Nehemiah 10:38,39 · Nehemiah 12:44,47
First fruits Nehemiah 12:44,47
The plunder of war, including captives Numbers 31:30,42-47
See also: Tithes
Tithes withheld from Nehemiah 13:10-13 · Malachi 3:10
Pensioned 2 Chronicles 31:16-18
Owned lands Deuteronomy 18:8
Land allotted to, by Ezekiel Ezekiel 48:13,14
Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai Numbers 1:47-49 · Numbers 2:33 · Numbers 3:14-39 · Numbers 4:2,3 · Numbers 26:57-62 · 1 Chronicles 23:3-5
Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam 2 Chronicles 11:13-17 · 2 Chronicles 13:9-11
Loyal to the ruler 2 Kings 11:7-11 · 2 Chronicles 23:7
Intermarried with Canaanites Ezra 9:1,2 · Ezra 10:23,24
Exempt from enrollment for military duty Numbers 1:47-54
Subordinate to the sons of Aaron Numbers 3:9 · Numbers 8:19 · Numbers 18:6
Prophecies concerning Jeremiah 33:18 · Ezekiel 44:10-14 · Malachi 3:3
Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah Zechariah 12:10-13
John's vision concerning Revelation 7:7
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