לֵוִי

le.viy.yiLevi
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group291 occurrences16 books263 verses
This word comes from the name of Levi.

Definition

or לֵוִי; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
Traditional renderings: Leviite.

Glossary entries

Levi (Person)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

291 total
  1. Numbers 8:22 (2×)הַלְוִיִּ֗ם · the Levites; הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · with the Levites
    After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  2. Numbers 8:24לַלְוִיִּ֑ם · to the Levites
    “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
  3. Numbers 8:26לַלְוִיִּ֖ם · to the Levites
    After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”
  4. Numbers 16:1לֵוִ֑י · of Levi
    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
  5. Numbers 18:6הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · Levites
    Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
  6. Numbers 18:23הַלֵּוִ֜י · The Levites
    The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
  7. Numbers 18:24לַלְוִיִּ֖ם · to the Levites
    For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
  8. Numbers 18:26הַלְוִיִּ֣ם · the Levites
    “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
  9. Numbers 18:30לַלְוִיִּ֔ם · [to you]
    Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
  10. Numbers 26:57הַלֵּוִי֮ · were the Levites
    Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
  11. Numbers 31:30לַלְוִיִּ֔ם · to the Levites
    From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
  12. Numbers 31:47לַלְוִיִּ֗ם · to the Levites
    From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
  13. Numbers 35:2 (2×)לַלְוִיִּ֗ם · for the Levites; לַלְוִיִּֽם׃
    “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
  14. Numbers 35:4לַלְוִיִּ֑ם · the Levites
    The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
  15. Numbers 35:6לַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites
    Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
  16. Numbers 35:7לַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites
    The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
  17. Numbers 35:8לַלְוִיִּֽם׃פ · to the Levites
    The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
  18. Deuteronomy 10:9לְלֵוִ֛י · Levi
    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
  19. Deuteronomy 12:12וְהַלֵּוִי֙ · and the Levite
    And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  20. Deuteronomy 12:18וְהַלֵּוִ֖י · and the Levite
    Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
  21. Deuteronomy 12:19הַלֵּוִ֑י · the Levites
    …and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
  22. Deuteronomy 14:27וְהַלֵּוִ֥י · the Levite
    And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  23. Deuteronomy 14:29הַלֵּוִ֡י · Then the Levite
    Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
  24. Deuteronomy 16:11וְהַלֵּוִי֙ · and the Levite
    …and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  25. Deuteronomy 16:14וְהַלֵּוִ֗י · and the Levite
    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
  26. Deuteronomy 17:9הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levitical
    You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
  27. Deuteronomy 17:18הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · of the Levitical
    When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
  28. Deuteronomy 18:1הַלְוִיִּ֜ם · The Levitical
    The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
  29. Deuteronomy 18:6הַלֵּוִ֜י · a Levite
    Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
  30. Deuteronomy 18:7הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · Levites
    …then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
  31. Deuteronomy 24:8הַלְוִיִּ֛ם · the Levitical
    In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
  32. Deuteronomy 26:11וְהַלֵּוִ֔י · the Levite
    So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.
  33. Deuteronomy 26:12לַלֵּוִ֗י · it to the Levite
    When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.
  34. Deuteronomy 26:13לַלֵּוִי֙ · to the Levite
    Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
  35. Deuteronomy 27:9הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · and the Levitical
    Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
  36. Deuteronomy 27:14הַלְוִיִּ֗ם · the Levites
    Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
  37. Deuteronomy 31:9לֵוִ֔י · of Levi
    So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
  38. Deuteronomy 31:25הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites
    …he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:
  39. Joshua 3:3הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · by the Levitical
    …and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
  40. Joshua 8:33הַלְוִיִּ֜ם · the Levitical
    All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
  41. Joshua 14:3וְלַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם · to the Levites
    For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
  42. Joshua 14:4לַלְוִיִּ֜ם · to the Levites
    The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
  43. Joshua 18:7לַלְוִיִּם֙ · The Levites
    The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”
  44. Joshua 21:1הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · of the Levites
    Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
  45. Joshua 21:3לַלְוִיִּ֛ם · the Levites
    So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
  46. Joshua 21:4הַלְוִיִּ֗ם · The Levites
    The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
  47. Joshua 21:8לַלְוִיִּ֔ם · to the Levites
    So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
  48. Joshua 21:20הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · of the Levites
    The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim