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Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Levites'". "Nave's Topical Bible".. 1896.
- (The descendants of Levi)
- Set apart as ministers of religion
Numbers 1:47-54 ; 3:6-16 ; 16:9 ; 26:57-62 ; Deuteronomy 10:8 ; 1 Chronicles 15:2 - Substituted in the place of the firstborn children
Numbers 3:12 Numbers 3:41-45 ; Numbers 8:14 Numbers 8:16-18 ; 18:6 - Religious zeal of
Exodus 32:26-28 ; Deuteronomy 33:9 Deuteronomy 33:10 ; Malachi 2:4 Malachi 2:5 - 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 ; Numbers 4:19 Numbers 4:20 - 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 ; 4:23-26 ; 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 ; 4:18-20 - Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priests
Exodus 28:1 ; 29:9 ; Numbers 3:38 ; Numbers 17:1-4 Numbers 17:8 ; 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 ; 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 Numbers 3:33-37 ; 4:31-33 ; 7:8 ; 10:17 ; 1 Chronicles 6:19 1 Chronicles 6:29 1 Chronicles 6:30 ; 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 ; 2:17 ; 3:23-35 - Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan
Joshua 21 - Lodged in the chambers of the temple
1 Chronicles 9:27 1 Chronicles 9:33 ; Ezekiel 40:44 - Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 12:29 - Age of
- When inducted into office
Numbers 4:3 Numbers 4:30 Numbers 4:47 ; 8:23-26 ; 1 Chronicles 23:3 1 Chronicles 23:24 1 Chronicles 23:27 ; Ezra 3:8 - When retired from office
Numbers 4:3 Numbers 4:47
- 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 Numbers 3:21-37 ; Numbers 4:1-15 Numbers 4:17-49 ; 8:19 ; 18:3-6 - Had charge of the temple
1 Chronicles 9:27-29 ; 23:2-32 ; Ezra 8:24-34
- Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the march
- Carried the ark of the covenant
Deuteronomy 10:8 ; 1 Chronicles 15:2 1 Chronicles 15:26 1 Chronicles 15:27 - 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 ; 26:28 ; 29:8 ; 2 Chronicles 24:5 2 Chronicles 24:11 ; 31:11-19 ; 34:9 ; Ezra 8:29 Ezra 8:30 Ezra 8:33 ; Nehemiah 12:44 - Prepared the shewbread
1 Chronicles 23:28 1 Chronicles 23:29 - Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice
2 Chronicles 29:12-36 ; 35:1-18 - Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity
Ezra 6:20 Ezra 6:21 - Teachers of the law
Deuteronomy 33:10 ; 2 Chronicles 17:8 2 Chronicles 17:9 ; 30:22 ; 35:3 ; Nehemiah 8:7-13 ; Malachi 2:6 Malachi 2:7 - Were judges
Deuteronomy 17:9 ; 1 Chronicles 23:4 ; 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
Deuteronomy 27:12 ; Joshua 8:33 - Were porters of the doors
- See PORTERS
- Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple
1 Chronicles 23:2-4 ; Ezra 3:8 Ezra 3:9 - Were musicians of the temple service
- See 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 ; 7:7 ; 8:16-20 ; Nehemiah 7:43-73 ; 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 ; 18:24 - And
Numbers 26:62 ; Deuteronomy 10:9 ; Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 12:18 Deuteronomy 12:19 ; 14:27-29 ; 18:1-8 ; Joshua 13:14 ; 14:3 ; 18:7 ; 1 Chronicles 6:54-81 ; 13:2 ; 2 Chronicles 23:2 ; Ezekiel 34:1-5
- In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with suburbs were assigned to them
- 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 Numbers 18:26-32 ; Deuteronomy 18:1-8 ; 26:11-13 ; Joshua 13:14 ; Nehemiah 10:38 Nehemiah 10:39 ; Nehemiah 12:44 Nehemiah 12:47 - First fruits
Nehemiah 12:44 Nehemiah 12:47 - The plunder of war, including captives
Numbers 31:30 Numbers 31:42-47 - See TITHES
- Tithes withheld from
Nehemiah 13:10-13 ; Malachi 3:10 - Pensioned
2 Chronicles 31:16-18 - Owned lands
Deuteronomy 18:8 ; 1 Kings 2:26 - Land allotted to, by Ezekiel
Ezekiel 48:13 Ezekiel 48:14 - Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai
Numbers 1:47-49 ; 2:33 ; 3:14-39 ; Numbers 4:2 Numbers 4:3 ; 26:57-62 ; 1 Chronicles 23:3-5 - Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam
2 Chronicles 11:13-17 ; 13:9-11 - Loyal to the ruler
2 Kings 11:7-11 ; 2 Chronicles 23:7 - Intermarried with Canaanites
Ezra 9:1 Ezra 9:2 ; Ezra 10:23 Ezra 10:24 - Exempt from enrollment for military duty
Numbers 1:47-54 ; 1 Chronicles 12:26 - Subordinate to the sons of Aaron
Numbers 3:9 ; 8:19 ; 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 - Johns vision concerning
Revelation 7:7
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography InformationNave, Orville J. "Entry for 'Levites'". "Nave's Topical Bible".