לֵוִי
le.viy.yi
Someone from the tribe of Levi living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.34;
son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);
brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783);
half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);
father of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115)
Another name of le.vi (לֵוִי "Levi" H3878)
§ Levite, of Levi "joined to"
1. the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah
a. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service
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- Exodus 4:14 הַלֵּוִ֔י
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.
- Exodus 6:16 לֵוִי֙
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Exodus 6:25 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם
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.
- Exodus 38:21 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Leviticus 25:32 הַלְוִיִּ֔םלַלְוִיִּֽם׃
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
- Leviticus 25:33 הַלְוִיִּ֔םהַלְוִיִּ֗ם
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.
- Numbers 1:47 וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם
The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
- Numbers 1:50 הַלְוִיִּם֩
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.
- Numbers 1:51 הַלְוִיִּ֔םהַלְוִיִּ֑ם
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.
- Numbers 1:53 וְהַלְוִיִּ֞םהַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.”
- Numbers 2:17 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם
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.
- Numbers 2:33 וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם
But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 3:6 לֵוִ֔י
“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
- Numbers 3:9 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
- Numbers 3:12 הַלְוִיִּ֗םהַלְוִיִּֽם׃
“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 3:20 הַלֵּוִ֖י
And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
- Numbers 3:32 הַלֵּוִ֔י
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.
- Numbers 3:39 הַלְוִיִּ֜ם
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.
- Numbers 3:41 הַלְוִיִּ֥םהַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.”
- Numbers 3:45 הַלְוִיִּ֗םהַלְוִיִּ֖םהַלְוִיִּ֖ם
“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 3:46 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,
- Numbers 3:49 הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.
- Numbers 4:18 הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.
- Numbers 4:46 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם
So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites
- Numbers 7:5 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
“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 7:6 הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.
- Numbers 8:6 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
- Numbers 8:9 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
- Numbers 8:10 הַלְוִיִּ֖םהַלְוִיִּֽם׃
You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
- Numbers 8:11 הַלְוִיִּ֤ם
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.
- Numbers 8:12 וְהַלְוִיִּם֙הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
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.
- Numbers 8:13 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
You 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 הַלְוִיִּ֔םהַלְוִיִּֽם׃
In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
- Numbers 8:15 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 8:18 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
- Numbers 8:19 הַלְוִיִּ֜ם
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.”
- Numbers 8:20 לַלְוִיִּ֑םלַלְוִיִּ֔ם
So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
- Numbers 8:21 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם
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.
- Numbers 8:22 הַלְוִיִּ֗םהַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Numbers 8:24 לַלְוִיִּ֑ם
“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.
- Numbers 8:26 לַלְוִיִּ֖ם
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.”
- Numbers 16:1 לֵוִ֑י
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
- Numbers 18:6 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Numbers 18:23 הַלֵּוִ֜י
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.
- Numbers 18:24 לַלְוִיִּ֖ם
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.”
- Numbers 18:26 הַלְוִיִּ֣ם
“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.
- Numbers 18:30 לַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Numbers 26:57 הַלֵּוִי֮
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.
- Numbers 31:30 לַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.”
- Numbers 31:47 לַלְוִיִּ֗ם
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.