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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Concordance 263 verses
- Numbers 35:2 לַלְוִיִּ֗םלַלְוִיִּֽם׃
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
- Numbers 35:4 לַלְוִיִּ֑ם
The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
- Numbers 35:6 לַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Numbers 35:7 לַלְוִיִּ֔ם
The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
- Numbers 35:8 לַלְוִיִּֽם׃פ
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.”
- Deuteronomy 10:9 לְלֵוִ֛י
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
- Deuteronomy 12:12 וְהַלֵּוִי֙
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.
- Deuteronomy 12:18 וְהַלֵּוִ֖י
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,
- Deuteronomy 12:19 הַלֵּוִ֑י
and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
- Deuteronomy 14:27 וְהַלֵּוִ֥י
And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- Deuteronomy 14:29 הַלֵּוִ֡י
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.
- Deuteronomy 16:11 וְהַלֵּוִי֙
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.
- Deuteronomy 16:14 וְהַלֵּוִ֗י
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.
- Deuteronomy 17:9 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Deuteronomy 17:18 הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
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.
- Deuteronomy 18:1 הַלְוִיִּ֜ם
The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 18:6 הַלֵּוִ֜י
Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
- Deuteronomy 18:7 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 24:8 הַלְוִיִּ֛ם
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.
- Deuteronomy 26:11 וְהַלֵּוִ֔י
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.
- Deuteronomy 26:12 לַלֵּוִ֗י
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.
- Deuteronomy 26:13 לַלֵּוִי֙
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.
- Deuteronomy 27:9 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Deuteronomy 27:14 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם
Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
- Deuteronomy 31:9 לֵוִ֔י
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.
- Deuteronomy 31:25 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:
- Joshua 3:3 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Joshua 8:33 הַלְוִיִּ֜ם
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.
- Joshua 14:3 וְלַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם
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.
- Joshua 14:4 לַלְוִיִּ֜ם
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.
- Joshua 18:7 לַלְוִיִּם֙
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.”
- Joshua 21:1 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
- Joshua 21:3 לַלְוִיִּ֛ם
So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
- Joshua 21:4 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם
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.
- Joshua 21:8 לַלְוִיִּ֔ם
So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- Joshua 21:20 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
- Joshua 21:27 הַלְוִיִּם֒
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.
- Joshua 21:34 הַלְוִיִּ֣ם
This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
- Joshua 21:40 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם
In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
- Joshua 21:41 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם
For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
- Judges 17:7 לֵוִ֖י
And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
- Judges 17:9 לֵוִ֣י
“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.”
- Judges 17:10 הַלֵּוִֽי׃
“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
- Judges 17:11 הַלֵּוִ֖י
and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
- Judges 17:12 הַלֵּוִ֔י
Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
- Judges 17:13 הַלֵּוִ֖י
Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
- Judges 18:3 הַלֵּוִ֑י
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?”
- Judges 18:15 הַלֵּוִ֖י
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
- Judges 19:1 לֵוִ֗י
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.
- Judges 20:4 הַלֵּוִ֗י
So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.