This word comes from the name of Levi.
Definition
or לֵוִי; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
Traditional renderings: Leviite.
Traditional renderings: Leviite.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
291 total
- Exodus 4:14הַלֵּוִ֔י · the LeviteThen the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exodus 6:16לֵוִי֙ · of LeviThese were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Exodus 6:25הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · of the LeviteAaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
- Exodus 38:21הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the LevitesThis is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
- Leviticus 25:32 (2×)הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · of the Levites; לַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · the LevitesAs for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
- Leviticus 25:33 (2×)הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites; הַלְוִיִּ֗ם · of the LevitesSo whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
- Numbers 1:47וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם · The Levites, howeverThe Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
- Numbers 1:50הַלְוִיִּם֩ · the LevitesInstead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
- Numbers 1:51 (2×)הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites; הַלְוִיִּ֑ם · the LevitesWhenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- Numbers 1:53 (2×)וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם · But the Levites; הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · So the LevitesBut the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
- Numbers 2:17הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · of the LevitesIn the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.
- Numbers 2:33וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם · But the LevitesBut the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 3:6לֵוִ֔י · of Levi“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
- Numbers 3:9הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the LevitesAssign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
- Numbers 3:12 (2×)הַלְוִיִּ֗ם · the Levites; הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · The Levites“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,
- Numbers 3:20הַלֵּוִ֖י · of the LevitesAnd the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
- Numbers 3:32הַלֵּוִ֔י · of the LevitesThe chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:39הַלְוִיִּ֜ם · of LevitesThe total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.
- Numbers 3:41 (2×)הַלְוִיִּ֥ם · the Levites; הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · of the LevitesYou are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”
- Numbers 3:45 (3×)הַלְוִיִּ֗ם · the Levites; הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · of the Levites; הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · The Levites“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.
- Numbers 3:46הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the LevitesTo redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,
- Numbers 3:49הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · by the LevitesSo Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.
- Numbers 4:18הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · the Levites“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.
- Numbers 4:46הַלְוִיִּ֑ם · the LevitesSo Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites
- Numbers 7:5הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites“Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”
- Numbers 7:6הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · the LevitesSo Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.
- Numbers 8:6הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
- Numbers 8:9הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the LevitesBring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
- Numbers 8:10 (2×)הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · the Levites; הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · [them]You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
- Numbers 8:11הַלְוִיִּ֤ם · the LevitesAaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
- Numbers 8:12 (2×)וְהַלְוִיִּם֙ · And the Levites; הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · the LevitesAnd the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
- Numbers 8:13הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · You are to have the LevitesYou are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Numbers 8:14 (2×)הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites; הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · and the LevitesIn this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
- Numbers 8:15הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · [they]After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 8:18הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the LevitesBut I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
- Numbers 8:19הַלְוִיִּ֜ם · the LevitesAnd I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”
- Numbers 8:20 (2×)לַלְוִיִּ֑ם · with the Levites; לַלְוִיִּ֔םSo Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
- Numbers 8:21הַלְוִיִּ֗ם · The LevitesThe Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.