Levi

• Birth of Levic. 1756 BC
• Joseph sold to Egyptc. 1728 BC
• 7 years of faminec. 1708 BC
• Joseph's brothers return to Egyptc. 1706 BC

Levi (Person)

Father

Israel

Mother

Leah

Siblings

Asher· Benjamin· Dan· Dinah· Gad· Issachar· Joseph· Judah· Naphtali· Reuben· Simeon· Zebulun

Children

Gershon· Jochebed· Kohath· Merari

• Λευΐ·Levi
• Λευΐτης·Levi
• Λευϊτικός·Levi
• לֵוִי·Levi
• לֵוָי·Levi
• לֵוִי·Levi

Includes 64 verses that refer to Levi without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Genesis 29:34
   Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
2. Genesis 34:25
   Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
3. Genesis 34:30
   Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
4. Genesis 35:23
   The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
5. Genesis 46:11
   The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
6. Genesis 49:5
   Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.
7. Exodus 1:2
   Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
8. Exodus 2:1
   Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
9. Exodus 4:14
   Then 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.
10. Exodus 6:16
    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
11. Exodus 6:19
    The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
12. Exodus 6:25
    Aaron’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.
13. Exodus 32:26
    So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
14. Exodus 32:28
    The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
15. Exodus 38:21
    This 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.
16. Leviticus 25:32
    As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
17. Leviticus 25:33
    So 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.
18. Leviticus 25:34Referred to, not named
    But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
19. Numbers 1:47
    The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
20. Numbers 1:49
    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
21. Numbers 1:50
    Instead, 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.
22. Numbers 1:51
    Whenever 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.
23. Numbers 1:53
    But 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.”
24. Numbers 2:17
    In 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.
25. Numbers 2:33
    But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
26. Numbers 3:6
    “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
27. Numbers 3:9
    Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
28. Numbers 3:12
    “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,
29. Numbers 3:13Referred to, not named
    …for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”
30. Numbers 3:15
    “Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
31. Numbers 3:17
    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
32. Numbers 3:20
    And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
33. Numbers 3:32
    The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
34. Numbers 3:39
    The 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.
35. Numbers 3:41
    You 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.”
36. Numbers 3:45
    “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.
37. Numbers 3:46
    To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,
38. Numbers 3:48Referred to, not named
    Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.”
39. Numbers 3:49
    So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.
40. Numbers 4:2
    “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
41. Numbers 4:18
    “Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.
42. Numbers 4:46
    So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites
43. Numbers 4:48Referred to, not named
    And the number of men was 8,580.
44. Numbers 4:49Referred to, not named
    At the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
45. Numbers 7:5
    “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.”
46. Numbers 7:6
    So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.
47. Numbers 8:6
    “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
48. Numbers 8:7Referred to, not named
    This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
49. Numbers 8:8Referred to, not named
    Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
50. Numbers 8:9
    Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
51. Numbers 8:10
    You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
52. Numbers 8:11
    Aaron 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.
53. Numbers 8:12
    And 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.
54. Numbers 8:13
    You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
55. Numbers 8:14
    In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
56. Numbers 8:15
    After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
57. Numbers 8:16Referred to, not named
    For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
58. Numbers 8:18
    But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
59. Numbers 8:19
    And 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.”
60. Numbers 8:20
    So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
61. Numbers 8:21
    The 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.
62. Numbers 8:22
    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.
63. Numbers 8:24
    “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.
64. Numbers 8:26
    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.”
65. Numbers 16:1
    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
66. Numbers 16:7
    …and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
67. Numbers 16:8
    Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!
68. Numbers 16:10
    He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.
69. Numbers 17:3
    …and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
70. Numbers 17:8
    The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.
71. Numbers 18:2
    But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.
72. Numbers 18:6
    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.
73. Numbers 18:21
    Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
74. Numbers 18:23
    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.
75. Numbers 18:24
    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.”
76. Numbers 18:26
    “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.
77. Numbers 18:27Referred to, not named
    Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
78. Numbers 18:28Referred to, not named
    So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
79. Numbers 18:29Referred to, not named
    You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
80. Numbers 18:30
    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.
81. Numbers 26:57
    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.
82. Numbers 26:58
    These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,
83. Numbers 26:59
    …and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
84. Numbers 31:30
    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.”
85. Numbers 31:47
    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.
86. Numbers 35:2
    “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
87. Numbers 35:4
    The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
88. Numbers 35:6
    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.
89. Numbers 35:7
    The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
90. Numbers 35:8
    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.”
91. Deuteronomy 10:8
    At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
92. Deuteronomy 10:9
    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
93. Deuteronomy 12:12
    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.
94. Deuteronomy 12:18
    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,
95. Deuteronomy 12:19
    …and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
96. Deuteronomy 14:27
    And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
97. Deuteronomy 14:29
    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.
98. Deuteronomy 16:11
    …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.
99. Deuteronomy 16:14
    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.
100. Deuteronomy 17:9
     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.
101. Deuteronomy 17:18
     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.
102. Deuteronomy 18:1
     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.
103. Deuteronomy 18:6
     Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
104. Deuteronomy 18:7
     …then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
105. Deuteronomy 18:8Referred to, not named
     They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
106. Deuteronomy 21:5
     And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.
107. Deuteronomy 24:8
     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.
108. Deuteronomy 26:11
     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.
109. Deuteronomy 26:12
     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.
110. Deuteronomy 26:13
     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.
111. Deuteronomy 27:9
     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.
112. Deuteronomy 27:12
     “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
113. Deuteronomy 27:14
     Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
114. Deuteronomy 31:9
     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.
115. Deuteronomy 31:25
     …he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:
116. Deuteronomy 31:26Referred to, not named
     “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
117. Deuteronomy 31:27Referred to, not named
     For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
118. Deuteronomy 31:28Referred to, not named
     Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
119. Deuteronomy 31:29Referred to, not named
     For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
120. Deuteronomy 33:8
     Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
121. Joshua 3:3
     …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.
122. Joshua 8:33
     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.
123. Joshua 13:14
     To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
124. Joshua 13:33
     To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
125. Joshua 14:3
     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.
126. Joshua 14:4
     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.
127. Joshua 18:7
     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.”
128. Joshua 21:1
     Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
129. Joshua 21:3
     So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
130. Joshua 21:4
     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.
131. Joshua 21:8
     So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
132. Joshua 21:10
     …to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:
133. Joshua 21:20
     The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
134. Joshua 21:27
     This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
135. Joshua 21:34
     This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
136. Joshua 21:40
     In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
137. Joshua 21:41
     For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
138. Judges 17:7
     And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
139. Judges 17:9
     “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
140. Judges 17:10
     “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
141. Judges 17:11
     …and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
142. Judges 17:12
     Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
143. Judges 17:13
     Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
144. Judges 18:3
     And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
145. Judges 18:15
     So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
146. Judges 19:1
     Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
147. Judges 20:4
     So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
148. 1 Samuel 6:15
     And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
149. 2 Samuel 15:24
     Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.
150. 1 Kings 8:4
     …and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.
151. 1 Kings 12:31
     Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
152. 1 Chronicles 2:1
     These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
153. 1 Chronicles 6:1
     The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
154. 1 Chronicles 6:16
     The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
155. 1 Chronicles 6:19
     The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
156. 1 Chronicles 6:38
     …the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
157. 1 Chronicles 6:43
     …the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
158. 1 Chronicles 6:47
     …the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
159. 1 Chronicles 6:48
     Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
160. 1 Chronicles 6:64
     So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
161. 1 Chronicles 9:2
     Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
162. 1 Chronicles 9:14
     From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
163. 1 Chronicles 9:18
     …he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
164. 1 Chronicles 9:26
     But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
165. 1 Chronicles 9:28Referred to, not named
     Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
166. 1 Chronicles 9:29Referred to, not named
     Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.
167. 1 Chronicles 9:31
     A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.
168. 1 Chronicles 9:33
     Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
169. 1 Chronicles 9:34
     All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
170. 1 Chronicles 12:26
     From Levi: 4,600,
171. 1 Chronicles 13:2
     And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
172. 1 Chronicles 15:2
     Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
173. 1 Chronicles 15:4
     Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
174. 1 Chronicles 15:11
     David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
175. 1 Chronicles 15:12
     And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
176. 1 Chronicles 15:14
     So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
177. 1 Chronicles 15:15
     And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
178. 1 Chronicles 15:16
     David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
179. 1 Chronicles 15:17
     So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
180. 1 Chronicles 15:22
     Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
181. 1 Chronicles 15:26
     And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
182. 1 Chronicles 15:27
     Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
183. 1 Chronicles 16:1Referred to, not named
     So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
184. 1 Chronicles 16:4
     David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
185. 1 Chronicles 21:6
     But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
186. 1 Chronicles 23:2
     Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
187. 1 Chronicles 23:3
     The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
188. 1 Chronicles 23:4Referred to, not named
     “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
189. 1 Chronicles 23:6
     Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
190. 1 Chronicles 23:14
     As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
191. 1 Chronicles 23:24
     These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
192. 1 Chronicles 23:26
     So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
193. 1 Chronicles 23:27
     For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
194. 1 Chronicles 24:6
     The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
195. 1 Chronicles 24:20
     Now these were the rest of the descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
196. 1 Chronicles 24:30
     And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.
197. 1 Chronicles 24:31
     As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.
198. 1 Chronicles 26:17
     Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.
199. 1 Chronicles 26:20
     Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
200. 1 Chronicles 27:17
     …over Levi was Hashabiah son of Kemuel; over Aaron was Zadok;