Levi

• Birth of Levi
• Joseph sold to Egypt
• 7 years of famine
• Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

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. Ezra 9:2Referred to, not named
   Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
2. Ezra 10:5
   So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
3. Ezra 10:7Referred to, not named
   And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.
4. Ezra 10:15
   (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
5. Ezra 10:23
   Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
6. Nehemiah 3:17
   Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
7. Nehemiah 7:1
   When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
8. Nehemiah 7:43
   The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.
9. Nehemiah 7:73
   So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.
10. Nehemiah 8:7
    The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
11. Nehemiah 8:9
    Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
12. Nehemiah 8:11
    And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
13. Nehemiah 8:13
    On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
14. Nehemiah 8:14Referred to, not named
    And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
15. Nehemiah 8:15Referred to, not named
    …and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
16. Nehemiah 9:4
    And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
17. Nehemiah 9:5
    Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
18. Nehemiah 9:9Referred to, not named
    You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
19. Nehemiah 9:16Referred to, not named
    But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
20. Nehemiah 9:32Referred to, not named
    So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
21. Nehemiah 9:33Referred to, not named
    You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
22. Nehemiah 9:34Referred to, not named
    Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
23. Nehemiah 9:36Referred to, not named
    So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!
24. Nehemiah 9:37Referred to, not named
    Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
25. Nehemiah 9:38
    In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
26. Nehemiah 10:9
    The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
27. Nehemiah 10:28
    “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
28. Nehemiah 10:34
    We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
29. Nehemiah 10:37
    Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
30. Nehemiah 10:38
    A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.
31. Nehemiah 10:39
    For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
32. Nehemiah 11:3
    These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
33. Nehemiah 11:15
    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
34. Nehemiah 11:16
    Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
35. Nehemiah 11:18
    The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
36. Nehemiah 11:20
    The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
37. Nehemiah 11:22
    Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.
38. Nehemiah 11:36
    And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
39. Nehemiah 12:1
    Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
40. Nehemiah 12:8
    The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
41. Nehemiah 12:22
    In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
42. Nehemiah 12:23
    As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
43. Nehemiah 12:24
    The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
44. Nehemiah 12:27
    At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
45. Nehemiah 12:30
    After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
46. Nehemiah 12:44
    And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
47. Nehemiah 12:45Referred to, not named
    They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
48. Nehemiah 12:47
    So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
49. Nehemiah 13:5
    …and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
50. Nehemiah 13:10
    I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
51. Nehemiah 13:11Referred to, not named
    So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,
52. Nehemiah 13:13
    I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
53. Nehemiah 13:22
    Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
54. Nehemiah 13:29
    Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
55. Nehemiah 13:30
    Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
56. Psalm 135:20
    O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
57. Isaiah 66:21
    “And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.
58. Jeremiah 33:18
    …nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”
59. Jeremiah 33:21
    …then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.
60. Jeremiah 33:22
    As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
61. Ezekiel 40:46
    …and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
62. Ezekiel 43:19
    You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
63. Ezekiel 44:10
    Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
64. Ezekiel 44:11Referred to, not named
    Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.
65. Ezekiel 44:12Referred to, not named
    Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
66. Ezekiel 44:13Referred to, not named
    They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.
67. Ezekiel 44:14Referred to, not named
    Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
68. Ezekiel 44:15
    But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
69. Ezekiel 45:5
    An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
70. Ezekiel 48:11
    It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
71. Ezekiel 48:12
    It will be a special portion for them set apart from the land, a most holy portion adjacent to the territory of the Levites.
72. Ezekiel 48:13
    Bordering the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. The whole length will be 25,000 cubits, and the width 10,000 cubits.
73. Ezekiel 48:14Referred to, not named
    They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
74. Ezekiel 48:22
    So the Levitical property and the city property will lie in the center of the area belonging to the prince—the area between the borders of Judah and Benjamin.
75. Ezekiel 48:31
    …the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.
76. Zechariah 12:13
    …the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,
77. Malachi 2:4
    Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
78. Malachi 2:5Referred to, not named
    “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.
79. Malachi 2:6Referred to, not named
    True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
80. Malachi 2:8
    But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
81. Malachi 3:3
    And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
82. Luke 10:32
    So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
83. Luke 10:36Referred to, not named
    Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
84. John 1:19
    And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
85. John 1:21Referred to, not named
    “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
86. John 1:22Referred to, not named
    So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
87. John 1:24Referred to, not named
    Then the Pharisees who had been sent
88. Acts 4:36
    Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
89. Hebrews 7:5
    Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
90. Hebrews 7:9
    And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.
91. Hebrews 7:10Referred to, not named
    For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.
92. Hebrews 7:11
    Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
93. Revelation 7:7
    …from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,