Nave’s Topical Bible
Levites
147 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
(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
- Religious zeal of
- Consecration of
- Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron
- Three divisions of, each having the name of one of its progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
- Gershonites and their duties
- The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priest
- The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites
- 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
- The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priest
- 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
- Place of, in encampments and the march
- Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan
- Lodged in the chambers of the temple
- Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem
- 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
- When inducted into office
- 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
- Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the March
- Carried the ark of the covenant
- Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant
- 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
- Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice
- Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity
- 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 JUDGES
(Were scribes of the sacred books)
See SCRIBES
- Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service At Mount Gerizim
Were porters of the doors
See PORTERS
- Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple
Were musicians of the temple service
See MUSIC
- Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business
- 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
- Profits from
- In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with Suburbs were assigned to them
- 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
- Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
- 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
- The plunder of war, including captives
See TITHES
- Tithes withheld from
- Pensioned
- Owned lands
- Land allotted to, by Ezekiel
- 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
- Loyal to the ruler
- Intermarried with Canaanites
- Exempt from enrollment for military duty
- Subordinate to the sons of Aaron
- Prophecies concerning
- Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah
- John's vision concerning
Bible verses about “Levites”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Numbers 1:47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
- Numbers 1:48For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 1:49Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
- Numbers 1:50But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
- Numbers 1:51And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Numbers 1:52And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
- Numbers 1:53But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
- Numbers 1:54And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
- Numbers 3:6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
- Numbers 3:7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:8And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 3:9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 3:10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Numbers 3:11And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 3:12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
- Numbers 3:13Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.
- Numbers 3:14And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
- Numbers 3:15Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
- Numbers 3:16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
- Numbers 16:9Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
- Numbers 26:57And these are they that were numbered 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 Merarites.
- Numbers 26:58These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
- Numbers 26:59And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
- Numbers 26:60And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Numbers 26:61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.
- Numbers 26:62And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
- 1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
- Numbers 3:41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 3:42And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 3:43And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
- Numbers 3:44And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 3:45Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
- Numbers 8:14Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
- Numbers 8:16For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
- Numbers 8:17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
- Numbers 8:18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 18:6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Exodus 32:26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
- Exodus 32:27And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.