Levites Bible Verses

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The descendants of Levi

Set Apart as Ministers of Religion

NUMBERS 1:47-54Verses in the Bible

  • 47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
    Numbers 1:47 Meaning
  • 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 1:48 Meaning
  • 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
    Numbers 1:49 Meaning
  • 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
    Numbers 1:50 Meaning
  • 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
    Numbers 1:51 Meaning
  • 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
    Numbers 1:52 Meaning
  • 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
    Numbers 1:53 Meaning
  • 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
    Numbers 1:54 Meaning

NUMBERS 3:6-16Verses in the Bible

  • 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
    Numbers 3:6 Meaning
  • 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
    Numbers 3:7 Meaning
  • 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
    Numbers 3:8 Meaning
  • 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
    Numbers 3:9 Meaning
  • 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
    Numbers 3:10 Meaning
  • 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 3:11 Meaning
  • 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
    Numbers 3:12 Meaning
  • 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.
    Numbers 3:13 Meaning
  • 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
    Numbers 3:14 Meaning
  • 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
    Numbers 3:15 Meaning
  • 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
    Numbers 3:16 Meaning

NUMBERS 16:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

NUMBERS 26:57-62Verses in the Bible

  • 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
    Numbers 26:57 Meaning
  • 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
    Numbers 26:58 Meaning
  • 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
    Numbers 26:59 Meaning
  • 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    Numbers 26:60 Meaning
  • 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.
    Numbers 26:61 Meaning
  • 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
    Numbers 26:62 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 10:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

1 CHRONICLES 15:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

Substituted in the Place of the Firstborn Children

NUMBERS 3:12,41-45Verses in the Bible

  • 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
    Numbers 3:12 Meaning
  • 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
    Numbers 3:41 Meaning
  • 42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
    Numbers 3:42 Meaning
  • 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
    Numbers 3:43 Meaning
  • 44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 3:44 Meaning
  • 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
    Numbers 3:45 Meaning

NUMBERS 8:14,16-18Verses in the Bible

  • 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
    Numbers 8:14 Meaning
  • 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
    Numbers 8:15 Meaning
  • 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
    Numbers 8:16 Meaning

NUMBERS 18:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Religious Zeal of

EXODUS 32:26-28Verses in the Bible

  • 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
    Exodus 32:26 Meaning
  • 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
    Exodus 32:27 Meaning
  • 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
    Exodus 32:28 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 33:9,10Verses in the Bible

  • 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
    Deuteronomy 33:9 Meaning
  • 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
    Deuteronomy 33:10 Meaning

MALACHI 2:4,5Verses in the Bible

  • 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
    Malachi 2:4 Meaning
  • 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
    Malachi 2:5 Meaning

Consecration of

NUMBERS 8:6-21Verses in the Bible

  • 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
    Numbers 8:6 Meaning
  • 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
    Numbers 8:7 Meaning
  • 8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
    Numbers 8:8 Meaning
  • 9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
    Numbers 8:9 Meaning
  • 10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
    Numbers 8:10 Meaning
  • 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the Lord.
    Numbers 8:11 Meaning
  • 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.
    Numbers 8:12 Meaning
  • 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord.
    Numbers 8:13 Meaning
  • 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
    Numbers 8:14 Meaning
  • 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
    Numbers 8:15 Meaning
  • 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
    Numbers 8:16 Meaning
  • 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
    Numbers 8:17 Meaning
  • 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
    Numbers 8:18 Meaning
  • 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
    Numbers 8:19 Meaning
  • 20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
    Numbers 8:20 Meaning
  • 21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
    Numbers 8:21 Meaning

Sedition Among, Led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on Account of Jealousy Toward Moses and Aaron

NUMBERS 16Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
    Numbers 16:1 Meaning
  • 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
    Numbers 16:2 Meaning
  • 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
    Numbers 16:3 Meaning
  • 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
    Numbers 16:4 Meaning
  • 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
    Numbers 16:5 Meaning
  • 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
    Numbers 16:6 Meaning
  • 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
    Numbers 16:7 Meaning
  • 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
    Numbers 16:8 Meaning
  • 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
    Numbers 16:9 Meaning
  • 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
    Numbers 16:10 Meaning
  • 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
    Numbers 16:11 Meaning
  • 12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
    Numbers 16:12 Meaning
  • 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
    Numbers 16:13 Meaning
  • 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
    Numbers 16:14 Meaning
  • 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
    Numbers 16:15 Meaning
  • 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
    Numbers 16:16 Meaning
  • 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
    Numbers 16:17 Meaning
  • 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
    Numbers 16:18 Meaning
  • 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.
    Numbers 16:19 Meaning
  • 20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
    Numbers 16:20 Meaning
  • 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
    Numbers 16:21 Meaning
  • 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
    Numbers 16:22 Meaning
  • 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 16:23 Meaning
  • 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
    Numbers 16:24 Meaning
  • 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
    Numbers 16:25 Meaning
  • 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
    Numbers 16:26 Meaning
  • 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
    Numbers 16:27 Meaning
  • 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
    Numbers 16:28 Meaning
  • 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
    Numbers 16:29 Meaning
  • 30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
    Numbers 16:30 Meaning
  • 31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
    Numbers 16:31 Meaning
  • 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
    Numbers 16:32 Meaning
  • 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
    Numbers 16:33 Meaning
  • 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
    Numbers 16:34 Meaning
  • 35 And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
    Numbers 16:35 Meaning
  • 36 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 16:36 Meaning
  • 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
    Numbers 16:37 Meaning
  • 38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
    Numbers 16:38 Meaning
  • 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
    Numbers 16:39 Meaning
  • 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
    Numbers 16:40 Meaning
  • 41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
    Numbers 16:41 Meaning
  • 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
    Numbers 16:42 Meaning
  • 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 16:43 Meaning
  • 44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 16:44 Meaning
  • 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
    Numbers 16:45 Meaning
  • 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
    Numbers 16:46 Meaning
  • 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
    Numbers 16:47 Meaning
  • 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
    Numbers 16:48 Meaning
  • 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
    Numbers 16:49 Meaning
  • 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
    Numbers 16:50 Meaning

NUMBERS 4:19,20Verses in the Bible

  • 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
    Numbers 4:19 Meaning
  • 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
    Numbers 4:20 Meaning

Three Divisions Of, Each Having the Name of One of Its Progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari

NUMBERS 3:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

Gershonites and Their Duties

NUMBERS 3:18-26Verses in the Bible

  • 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
    Numbers 3:18 Meaning
  • 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
    Numbers 3:19 Meaning
  • 20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
    Numbers 3:20 Meaning
  • 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
    Numbers 3:21 Meaning
  • 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
    Numbers 3:22 Meaning
  • 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
    Numbers 3:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
    Numbers 3:24 Meaning
  • 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 3:25 Meaning
  • 26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
    Numbers 3:26 Meaning

NUMBERS 4:23-26Verses in the Bible

  • 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:23 Meaning
  • 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
    Numbers 4:24 Meaning
  • 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 4:25 Meaning
  • 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
    Numbers 4:26 Meaning

NUMBERS 10:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

The Ruling Chief Over the Gershonites Was the Second Son of the Ruling High Priest

NUMBERS 4:28In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

The Kohathites, Consisting of the Families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites

NUMBERS 3:27In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

NUMBERS 4:18-20Verses in the Bible

  • 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
    Numbers 4:18 Meaning
  • 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
    Numbers 4:19 Meaning
  • 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
    Numbers 4:20 Meaning

Of the Amramites, Aaron and His Family Were Set Apart as Priests

EXODUS 28:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

EXODUS 29:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

NUMBERS 3:38In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

NUMBERS 17:1-4,8Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 17:1 Meaning
  • 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
    Numbers 17:2 Meaning
  • 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
    Numbers 17:3 Meaning
  • 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
    Numbers 17:4 Meaning
  • 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
    Numbers 17:8 Meaning

NUMBERS 18:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

The Remaining Families Appointed to Take Charge of the Ark of the Covenant, Table, Lampstand, Altars, and Vessels of the Sanctuary, the Hangings, and All the Service

NUMBERS 3:27-32Verses in the Bible

  • 27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
    Numbers 3:27 Meaning
  • 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:28 Meaning
  • 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
    Numbers 3:29 Meaning
  • 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
    Numbers 3:30 Meaning
  • 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
    Numbers 3:31 Meaning
  • 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:32 Meaning

NUMBERS 4:2-15Verses in the Bible

  • 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
    Numbers 4:2 Meaning
  • 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:3 Meaning
  • 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
    Numbers 4:4 Meaning
  • 5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
    Numbers 4:5 Meaning
  • 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
    Numbers 4:6 Meaning
  • 7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
    Numbers 4:7 Meaning
  • 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
    Numbers 4:8 Meaning
  • 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
    Numbers 4:9 Meaning
  • 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
    Numbers 4:10 Meaning
  • 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
    Numbers 4:11 Meaning
  • 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
    Numbers 4:12 Meaning
  • 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
    Numbers 4:13 Meaning
  • 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
    Numbers 4:14 Meaning
  • 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:15 Meaning

The Chief Over the Kohathites Was the Oldest Son of the Ruling High Priest

NUMBERS 3:32In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

1 CHRONICLES 9:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.

The Merarites

NUMBERS 3:20,33-37Verses in the Bible

  • 20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
    Numbers 3:20 Meaning
  • 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
    Numbers 3:33 Meaning
  • 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
    Numbers 3:34 Meaning
  • 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
    Numbers 3:35 Meaning
  • 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
    Numbers 3:36 Meaning
  • 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
    Numbers 3:37 Meaning

NUMBERS 4:31-33Verses in the Bible

  • 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
    Numbers 4:31 Meaning
  • 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
    Numbers 4:32 Meaning
  • 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
    Numbers 4:33 Meaning

NUMBERS 7:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

NUMBERS 10:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

1 CHRONICLES 6:19,29,30Verses in the Bible

  • 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
    1 Chronicles 6:19 Meaning

1 CHRONICLES 23:21-23Verses in the Bible

The Chief Over the Merarites Was the Second Son of the Ruling High Priest

NUMBERS 4:33In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Place Of, in Encampments and the March

NUMBERS 1:50-53Verses in the Bible

  • 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
    Numbers 1:50 Meaning
  • 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
    Numbers 1:51 Meaning
  • 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
    Numbers 1:52 Meaning
  • 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
    Numbers 1:53 Meaning

NUMBERS 2:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

NUMBERS 3:23-35Verses in the Bible

  • 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
    Numbers 3:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
    Numbers 3:24 Meaning
  • 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 3:25 Meaning
  • 26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
    Numbers 3:26 Meaning
  • 27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
    Numbers 3:27 Meaning
  • 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:28 Meaning
  • 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
    Numbers 3:29 Meaning
  • 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
    Numbers 3:30 Meaning
  • 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
    Numbers 3:31 Meaning
  • 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:32 Meaning
  • 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
    Numbers 3:33 Meaning
  • 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
    Numbers 3:34 Meaning
  • 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
    Numbers 3:35 Meaning

Cities Assigned To, in the Land of Canaan

JOSHUA 21Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
    Joshua 21:1 Meaning
  • 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
    Joshua 21:2 Meaning
  • 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.
    Joshua 21:3 Meaning
  • 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
    Joshua 21:4 Meaning
  • 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
    Joshua 21:5 Meaning
  • 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
    Joshua 21:6 Meaning
  • 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
    Joshua 21:7 Meaning
  • 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
    Joshua 21:8 Meaning
  • 9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
    Joshua 21:9 Meaning
  • 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
    Joshua 21:10 Meaning
  • 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
    Joshua 21:11 Meaning
  • 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
    Joshua 21:12 Meaning
  • 13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:13 Meaning
  • 14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:14 Meaning
  • 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:15 Meaning
  • 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
    Joshua 21:16 Meaning
  • 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:17 Meaning
  • 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:18 Meaning
  • 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
    Joshua 21:19 Meaning
  • 20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
    Joshua 21:20 Meaning
  • 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:21 Meaning
  • 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:22 Meaning
  • 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:23 Meaning
  • 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:24 Meaning
  • 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
    Joshua 21:25 Meaning
  • 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
    Joshua 21:26 Meaning
  • 27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
    Joshua 21:27 Meaning
  • 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:28 Meaning
  • 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:29 Meaning
  • 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:30 Meaning
  • 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:31 Meaning
  • 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
    Joshua 21:32 Meaning
  • 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
    Joshua 21:33 Meaning
  • 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:34 Meaning
  • 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:35 Meaning
  • 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:36 Meaning
  • 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:37 Meaning
  • 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:38 Meaning
  • 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
    Joshua 21:39 Meaning
  • 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
    Joshua 21:40 Meaning
  • 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
    Joshua 21:41 Meaning
  • 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
    Joshua 21:42 Meaning
  • 43 And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
    Joshua 21:43 Meaning
  • 44 And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.
    Joshua 21:44 Meaning
  • 45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
    Joshua 21:45 Meaning

Lodged in the Chambers of the Temple

1 CHRONICLES 9:27,33Verses in the Bible

  • 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
    1 Chronicles 9:27 Meaning
  • 33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
    1 Chronicles 9:33 Meaning

EZEKIEL 40:44In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 44 And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

Resided Also in Villages Outside of Jerusalem

NEHEMIAH 12:29In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

Age of Levites


• When Inducted Into Office

NUMBERS 4:3,30,47Verses in the Bible

  • 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:3 Meaning
  • 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:30 Meaning
  • 47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 4:47 Meaning

NUMBERS 8:23-26Verses in the Bible

  • 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 8:23 Meaning
  • 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
    Numbers 8:24 Meaning
  • 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
    Numbers 8:25 Meaning
  • 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
    Numbers 8:26 Meaning

1 CHRONICLES 23:3,24,27Verses in the Bible

  • 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
    1 Chronicles 23:3 Meaning
  • 24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.
    1 Chronicles 23:24 Meaning

EZRA 3:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.

• When Retired from Office

NUMBERS 4:3,47Verses in the Bible

  • 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:3 Meaning
  • 47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 4:47 Meaning

Functions of Levites


• Had Charge of the Tabernacle in the Encampments and on the March

NUMBERS 1:50-53Verses in the Bible

  • 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
    Numbers 1:50 Meaning
  • 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
    Numbers 1:51 Meaning
  • 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
    Numbers 1:52 Meaning
  • 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
    Numbers 1:53 Meaning

NUMBERS 3:6-9,21-37Verses in the Bible

  • 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
    Numbers 3:6 Meaning
  • 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
    Numbers 3:7 Meaning
  • 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
    Numbers 3:8 Meaning
  • 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
    Numbers 3:9 Meaning
  • 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
    Numbers 3:21 Meaning
  • 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
    Numbers 3:22 Meaning
  • 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
    Numbers 3:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
    Numbers 3:24 Meaning
  • 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 3:25 Meaning
  • 26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
    Numbers 3:26 Meaning
  • 27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
    Numbers 3:27 Meaning
  • 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:28 Meaning
  • 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
    Numbers 3:29 Meaning
  • 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
    Numbers 3:30 Meaning
  • 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
    Numbers 3:31 Meaning
  • 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:32 Meaning
  • 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
    Numbers 3:33 Meaning
  • 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
    Numbers 3:34 Meaning
  • 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
    Numbers 3:35 Meaning
  • 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
    Numbers 3:36 Meaning
  • 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
    Numbers 3:37 Meaning

NUMBERS 4:1-15,17-49Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
    Numbers 4:1 Meaning
  • 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
    Numbers 4:2 Meaning
  • 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:3 Meaning
  • 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
    Numbers 4:4 Meaning
  • 5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
    Numbers 4:5 Meaning
  • 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
    Numbers 4:6 Meaning
  • 7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
    Numbers 4:7 Meaning
  • 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
    Numbers 4:8 Meaning
  • 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
    Numbers 4:9 Meaning
  • 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
    Numbers 4:10 Meaning
  • 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
    Numbers 4:11 Meaning
  • 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
    Numbers 4:12 Meaning
  • 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
    Numbers 4:13 Meaning
  • 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
    Numbers 4:14 Meaning
  • 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:15 Meaning
  • 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
    Numbers 4:17 Meaning
  • 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
    Numbers 4:18 Meaning
  • 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
    Numbers 4:19 Meaning
  • 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
    Numbers 4:20 Meaning
  • 21 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 4:21 Meaning
  • 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
    Numbers 4:22 Meaning
  • 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:23 Meaning
  • 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
    Numbers 4:24 Meaning
  • 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 4:25 Meaning
  • 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
    Numbers 4:26 Meaning
  • 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
    Numbers 4:27 Meaning
  • 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
    Numbers 4:28 Meaning
  • 29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
    Numbers 4:29 Meaning
  • 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:30 Meaning
  • 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
    Numbers 4:31 Meaning
  • 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
    Numbers 4:32 Meaning
  • 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
    Numbers 4:33 Meaning
  • 34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
    Numbers 4:34 Meaning
  • 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:
    Numbers 4:35 Meaning
  • 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
    Numbers 4:36 Meaning
  • 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
    Numbers 4:37 Meaning
  • 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
    Numbers 4:38 Meaning
  • 39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 4:39 Meaning
  • 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
    Numbers 4:40 Meaning
  • 41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.
    Numbers 4:41 Meaning
  • 42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
    Numbers 4:42 Meaning
  • 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 4:43 Meaning
  • 44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
    Numbers 4:44 Meaning
  • 45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
    Numbers 4:45 Meaning
  • 46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
    Numbers 4:46 Meaning
  • 47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 4:47 Meaning
  • 48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
    Numbers 4:48 Meaning
  • 49 According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.
    Numbers 4:49 Meaning

NUMBERS 8:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

NUMBERS 18:3-6Verses in the Bible

  • 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
    Numbers 18:3 Meaning
  • 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
    Numbers 18:4 Meaning
  • 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
    Numbers 18:5 Meaning
  • 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 18:6 Meaning

• Had Charge of the Temple

1 CHRONICLES 9:27-29Verses in the Bible

  • 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
    1 Chronicles 9:27 Meaning
  • 28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
    1 Chronicles 9:28 Meaning
  • 29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
    1 Chronicles 9:29 Meaning

1 CHRONICLES 23:2-32Verses in the Bible

  • 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
    1 Chronicles 23:2 Meaning
  • 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
    1 Chronicles 23:3 Meaning
  • 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:
    1 Chronicles 23:4 Meaning
  • 5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
    1 Chronicles 23:5 Meaning
  • 6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    1 Chronicles 23:6 Meaning
  • 7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
    1 Chronicles 23:7 Meaning
  • 8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
    1 Chronicles 23:8 Meaning
  • 9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
    1 Chronicles 23:9 Meaning
  • 10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
    1 Chronicles 23:10 Meaning
  • 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
    1 Chronicles 23:11 Meaning
  • 12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
    1 Chronicles 23:12 Meaning
  • 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
    1 Chronicles 23:13 Meaning
  • 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
    1 Chronicles 23:14 Meaning
  • 15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
    1 Chronicles 23:15 Meaning
  • 16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
    1 Chronicles 23:16 Meaning
  • 17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
    1 Chronicles 23:17 Meaning
  • 18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
    1 Chronicles 23:18 Meaning
  • 19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
    1 Chronicles 23:19 Meaning
  • 20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
    1 Chronicles 23:20 Meaning
  • 21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
    1 Chronicles 23:21 Meaning
  • 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
    1 Chronicles 23:22 Meaning
  • 23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
    1 Chronicles 23:23 Meaning
  • 24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.
    1 Chronicles 23:24 Meaning
  • 25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
    1 Chronicles 23:25 Meaning
  • 26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
    1 Chronicles 23:26 Meaning
  • 27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
    1 Chronicles 23:27 Meaning
  • 28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
    1 Chronicles 23:28 Meaning
  • 29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
    1 Chronicles 23:29 Meaning
  • 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even;
    1 Chronicles 23:30 Meaning
  • 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord:
    1 Chronicles 23:31 Meaning
  • 32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.
    1 Chronicles 23:32 Meaning

EZRA 8:24-34Verses in the Bible

  • 24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
    Ezra 8:24 Meaning
  • 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
    Ezra 8:25 Meaning
  • 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
    Ezra 8:26 Meaning
  • 27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
    Ezra 8:27 Meaning
  • 28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers.
    Ezra 8:28 Meaning
  • 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.
    Ezra 8:29 Meaning
  • 30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
    Ezra 8:30 Meaning
  • 31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
    Ezra 8:31 Meaning
  • 32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
    Ezra 8:32 Meaning
  • 33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
    Ezra 8:33 Meaning
  • 34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
    Ezra 8:34 Meaning

Carried the Ark of the Covenant

DEUTERONOMY 10:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

1 CHRONICLES 15:2,26,27Verses in the Bible

  • 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
    1 Chronicles 15:2 Meaning
  • 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
    1 Chronicles 15:26 Meaning
  • 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
    1 Chronicles 15:27 Meaning

Ministered in the Presence of the Ark of the Covenant

1 CHRONICLES 16:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to record, and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel:

Custodians and Administrators of the Tithes and Other Offerings

1 CHRONICLES 9:26-29Verses in the Bible

  • 26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
    1 Chronicles 9:26 Meaning
  • 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
    1 Chronicles 9:27 Meaning
  • 28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
    1 Chronicles 9:28 Meaning
  • 29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
    1 Chronicles 9:29 Meaning

1 CHRONICLES 26:28In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

1 CHRONICLES 29:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

2 CHRONICLES 24:5,11Verses in the Bible

  • 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
    2 Chronicles 24:5 Meaning
  • 11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
    2 Chronicles 24:11 Meaning

2 CHRONICLES 31:11-19Verses in the Bible

  • 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,
    2 Chronicles 31:11 Meaning
  • 12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
    2 Chronicles 31:12 Meaning
  • 13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
    2 Chronicles 31:13 Meaning
  • 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things.
    2 Chronicles 31:14 Meaning
  • 15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
    2 Chronicles 31:15 Meaning
  • 16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
    2 Chronicles 31:16 Meaning
  • 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
    2 Chronicles 31:17 Meaning
  • 18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
    2 Chronicles 31:18 Meaning
  • 19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
    2 Chronicles 31:19 Meaning

2 CHRONICLES 34:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

EZRA 8:29,30,33Verses in the Bible

  • 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.
    Ezra 8:29 Meaning
  • 30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
    Ezra 8:30 Meaning
  • 33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
    Ezra 8:33 Meaning

NEHEMIAH 12:44In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Prepared the Shewbread

1 CHRONICLES 23:28,29Verses in the Bible

  • 28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
    1 Chronicles 23:28 Meaning
  • 29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
    1 Chronicles 23:29 Meaning

Assisted the Priests in Preparing the Sacrifice

2 CHRONICLES 29:12-36Verses in the Bible

  • 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
    2 Chronicles 29:12 Meaning
  • 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
    2 Chronicles 29:13 Meaning
  • 14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
    2 Chronicles 29:14 Meaning
  • 15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
    2 Chronicles 29:15 Meaning
  • 16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
    2 Chronicles 29:16 Meaning
  • 17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
    2 Chronicles 29:17 Meaning
  • 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
    2 Chronicles 29:18 Meaning
  • 19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.
    2 Chronicles 29:19 Meaning
  • 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
    2 Chronicles 29:20 Meaning
  • 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord.
    2 Chronicles 29:21 Meaning
  • 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
    2 Chronicles 29:22 Meaning
  • 23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
    2 Chronicles 29:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
    2 Chronicles 29:24 Meaning
  • 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.
    2 Chronicles 29:25 Meaning
  • 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
    2 Chronicles 29:26 Meaning
  • 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
    2 Chronicles 29:27 Meaning
  • 28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
    2 Chronicles 29:28 Meaning
  • 29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
    2 Chronicles 29:29 Meaning
  • 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
    2 Chronicles 29:30 Meaning
  • 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
    2 Chronicles 29:31 Meaning
  • 32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.
    2 Chronicles 29:32 Meaning
  • 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
    2 Chronicles 29:33 Meaning
  • 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
    2 Chronicles 29:34 Meaning
  • 35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order.
    2 Chronicles 29:35 Meaning
  • 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
    2 Chronicles 29:36 Meaning

2 CHRONICLES 35:1-18Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
    2 Chronicles 35:1 Meaning
  • 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord,
    2 Chronicles 35:2 Meaning
  • 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel,
    2 Chronicles 35:3 Meaning
  • 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
    2 Chronicles 35:4 Meaning
  • 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
    2 Chronicles 35:5 Meaning
  • 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
    2 Chronicles 35:6 Meaning
  • 7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
    2 Chronicles 35:7 Meaning
  • 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
    2 Chronicles 35:8 Meaning
  • 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
    2 Chronicles 35:9 Meaning
  • 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
    2 Chronicles 35:10 Meaning
  • 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
    2 Chronicles 35:11 Meaning
  • 12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
    2 Chronicles 35:12 Meaning
  • 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
    2 Chronicles 35:13 Meaning
  • 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
    2 Chronicles 35:14 Meaning
  • 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
    2 Chronicles 35:15 Meaning
  • 16 So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
    2 Chronicles 35:16 Meaning
  • 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
    2 Chronicles 35:17 Meaning
  • 18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
    2 Chronicles 35:18 Meaning

Killed the Passover Lambs for the People of the Captivity

EZRA 6:20,21Verses in the Bible

  • 20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
    Ezra 6:20 Meaning
  • 21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,
    Ezra 6:21 Meaning

Teachers of the Law

DEUTERONOMY 33:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

2 CHRONICLES 17:8,9Verses in the Bible

  • 8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
    2 Chronicles 17:8 Meaning
  • 9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
    2 Chronicles 17:9 Meaning

2 CHRONICLES 30:22In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.

2 CHRONICLES 35:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel,

NEHEMIAH 8:7-13Verses in the Bible

  • 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
    Nehemiah 8:7 Meaning
  • 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
    Nehemiah 8:8 Meaning
  • 9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
    Nehemiah 8:9 Meaning
  • 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
    Nehemiah 8:10 Meaning
  • 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
    Nehemiah 8:11 Meaning
  • 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
    Nehemiah 8:12 Meaning
  • 13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
    Nehemiah 8:13 Meaning

MALACHI 2:6,7Verses in the Bible

  • 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
    Malachi 2:6 Meaning
  • 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
    Malachi 2:7 Meaning

Were Judges

DEUTERONOMY 17:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

1 CHRONICLES 23:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

1 CHRONICLES 26:29In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

2 CHRONICLES 19:8-11Verses in the Bible

  • 8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
    2 Chronicles 19:8 Meaning
  • 9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
    2 Chronicles 19:9 Meaning
  • 10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
    2 Chronicles 19:10 Meaning
  • 11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.
    2 Chronicles 19:11 Meaning

NEHEMIAH 11:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

Were scribes of the sacred books

Pronounced the Blessings of the Law in the Responsive Service at Mount Gerizim

DEUTERONOMY 27:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

JOSHUA 8:33In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

Were porters of the doors

• See Porters

Were Overseers in Building and the Repairs of the Temple

1 CHRONICLES 23:2-4Verses in the Bible

  • 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
    1 Chronicles 23:2 Meaning
  • 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
    1 Chronicles 23:3 Meaning
  • 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:
    1 Chronicles 23:4 Meaning

EZRA 3:8,9Verses in the Bible

  • 8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.
    Ezra 3:8 Meaning
  • 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
    Ezra 3:9 Meaning

Were musicians of the temple service

• See Music

Supervised Weights and Measures as Standards of Doing Business

1 CHRONICLES 23:29In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

The List of Those Who Returned from Captivity

EZRA 2:40-63Verses in the Bible

  • 40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
    Ezra 2:40 Meaning
  • 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
    Ezra 2:41 Meaning
  • 42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
    Ezra 2:42 Meaning
  • 43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
    Ezra 2:43 Meaning
  • 44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
    Ezra 2:44 Meaning
  • 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
    Ezra 2:45 Meaning
  • 46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
    Ezra 2:46 Meaning
  • 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
    Ezra 2:47 Meaning
  • 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
    Ezra 2:48 Meaning
  • 49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
    Ezra 2:49 Meaning
  • 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
    Ezra 2:50 Meaning
  • 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
    Ezra 2:51 Meaning
  • 52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
    Ezra 2:52 Meaning
  • 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
    Ezra 2:53 Meaning
  • 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
    Ezra 2:54 Meaning
  • 55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
    Ezra 2:55 Meaning
  • 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
    Ezra 2:56 Meaning
  • 57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
    Ezra 2:57 Meaning
  • 58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
    Ezra 2:58 Meaning
  • 59 And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
    Ezra 2:59 Meaning
  • 60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
    Ezra 2:60 Meaning
  • 61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
    Ezra 2:61 Meaning
  • 62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
    Ezra 2:62 Meaning
  • 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
    Ezra 2:63 Meaning

EZRA 7:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

EZRA 8:16-20Verses in the Bible

  • 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
    Ezra 8:16 Meaning
  • 17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
    Ezra 8:17 Meaning
  • 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
    Ezra 8:18 Meaning
  • 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
    Ezra 8:19 Meaning
  • 20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
    Ezra 8:20 Meaning

NEHEMIAH 7:43-73Verses in the Bible

  • 43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
    Nehemiah 7:43 Meaning
  • 44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
    Nehemiah 7:44 Meaning
  • 45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
    Nehemiah 7:45 Meaning
  • 46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
    Nehemiah 7:46 Meaning
  • 47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
    Nehemiah 7:47 Meaning
  • 48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai,
    Nehemiah 7:48 Meaning
  • 49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
    Nehemiah 7:49 Meaning
  • 50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
    Nehemiah 7:50 Meaning
  • 51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
    Nehemiah 7:51 Meaning
  • 52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
    Nehemiah 7:52 Meaning
  • 53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
    Nehemiah 7:53 Meaning
  • 54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
    Nehemiah 7:54 Meaning
  • 55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
    Nehemiah 7:55 Meaning
  • 56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
    Nehemiah 7:56 Meaning
  • 57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
    Nehemiah 7:57 Meaning
  • 58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
    Nehemiah 7:58 Meaning
  • 59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
    Nehemiah 7:59 Meaning
  • 60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
    Nehemiah 7:60 Meaning
  • 61 And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
    Nehemiah 7:61 Meaning
  • 62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
    Nehemiah 7:62 Meaning
  • 63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
    Nehemiah 7:63 Meaning
  • 64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
    Nehemiah 7:64 Meaning
  • 65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
    Nehemiah 7:65 Meaning
  • 66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
    Nehemiah 7:66 Meaning
  • 67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
    Nehemiah 7:67 Meaning
  • 68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five:
    Nehemiah 7:68 Meaning
  • 69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
    Nehemiah 7:69 Meaning
  • 70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
    Nehemiah 7:70 Meaning
  • 71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
    Nehemiah 7:71 Meaning
  • 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.
    Nehemiah 7:72 Meaning
  • 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
    Nehemiah 7:73 Meaning

NEHEMIAH 12Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
    Nehemiah 12:1 Meaning
  • 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
    Nehemiah 12:2 Meaning
  • 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
    Nehemiah 12:3 Meaning
  • 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
    Nehemiah 12:4 Meaning
  • 5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
    Nehemiah 12:5 Meaning
  • 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
    Nehemiah 12:6 Meaning
  • 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
    Nehemiah 12:7 Meaning
  • 8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
    Nehemiah 12:8 Meaning
  • 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
    Nehemiah 12:9 Meaning
  • 10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
    Nehemiah 12:10 Meaning
  • 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
    Nehemiah 12:11 Meaning
  • 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
    Nehemiah 12:12 Meaning
  • 13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
    Nehemiah 12:13 Meaning
  • 14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
    Nehemiah 12:14 Meaning
  • 15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
    Nehemiah 12:15 Meaning
  • 16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
    Nehemiah 12:16 Meaning
  • 17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
    Nehemiah 12:17 Meaning
  • 18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
    Nehemiah 12:18 Meaning
  • 19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
    Nehemiah 12:19 Meaning
  • 20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
    Nehemiah 12:20 Meaning
  • 21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
    Nehemiah 12:21 Meaning
  • 22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
    Nehemiah 12:22 Meaning
  • 23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
    Nehemiah 12:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
    Nehemiah 12:24 Meaning
  • 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
    Nehemiah 12:25 Meaning
  • 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
    Nehemiah 12:26 Meaning
  • 27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
    Nehemiah 12:27 Meaning
  • 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
    Nehemiah 12:28 Meaning
  • 29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
    Nehemiah 12:29 Meaning
  • 30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
    Nehemiah 12:30 Meaning
  • 31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
    Nehemiah 12:31 Meaning
  • 32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
    Nehemiah 12:32 Meaning
  • 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
    Nehemiah 12:33 Meaning
  • 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
    Nehemiah 12:34 Meaning
  • 35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
    Nehemiah 12:35 Meaning
  • 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
    Nehemiah 12:36 Meaning
  • 37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
    Nehemiah 12:37 Meaning
  • 38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
    Nehemiah 12:38 Meaning
  • 39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
    Nehemiah 12:39 Meaning
  • 40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
    Nehemiah 12:40 Meaning
  • 41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
    Nehemiah 12:41 Meaning
  • 42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
    Nehemiah 12:42 Meaning
  • 43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
    Nehemiah 12:43 Meaning
  • 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
    Nehemiah 12:44 Meaning
  • 45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
    Nehemiah 12:45 Meaning
  • 46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
    Nehemiah 12:46 Meaning
  • 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
    Nehemiah 12:47 Meaning

Sealed the Covenant With Nehemiah

NEHEMIAH 10:9-28Verses in the Bible

Profits from


• In Lieu of Landed Inheritance, Forty-Eight Cities With Suburbs Were Assigned to Them

NUMBERS 35:2-8Verses in the Bible

  • 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
    Numbers 35:2 Meaning
  • 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
    Numbers 35:3 Meaning
  • 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
    Numbers 35:4 Meaning
  • 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
    Numbers 35:5 Meaning
  • 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
    Numbers 35:6 Meaning
  • 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
    Numbers 35:7 Meaning
  • 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
    Numbers 35:8 Meaning

NUMBERS 18:24In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

• And

NUMBERS 26:62In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

DEUTERONOMY 10:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.

DEUTERONOMY 12:12,18,19Verses in the Bible

  • 12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
    Deuteronomy 12:12 Meaning
  • 18 But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
    Deuteronomy 12:18 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 14:27-29Verses in the Bible

  • 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
    Deuteronomy 14:27 Meaning
  • 28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
    Deuteronomy 14:28 Meaning
  • 29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
    Deuteronomy 14:29 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 18:1-8Verses in the Bible

  • 1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.
    Deuteronomy 18:1 Meaning
  • 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
    Deuteronomy 18:2 Meaning
  • 3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
    Deuteronomy 18:3 Meaning
  • 4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
    Deuteronomy 18:4 Meaning
  • 5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
    Deuteronomy 18:5 Meaning
  • 6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;
    Deuteronomy 18:6 Meaning
  • 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
    Deuteronomy 18:7 Meaning
  • 8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
    Deuteronomy 18:8 Meaning

JOSHUA 13:14In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

JOSHUA 14:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

JOSHUA 18:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.

1 CHRONICLES 6:54-81Verses in the Bible

  • 54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
    1 Chronicles 6:54 Meaning
  • 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
    1 Chronicles 6:55 Meaning
  • 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
    1 Chronicles 6:56 Meaning
  • 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
    1 Chronicles 6:57 Meaning
  • 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
    1 Chronicles 6:58 Meaning
  • 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
    1 Chronicles 6:59 Meaning
  • 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
    1 Chronicles 6:60 Meaning
  • 61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
    1 Chronicles 6:61 Meaning
  • 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
    1 Chronicles 6:62 Meaning
  • 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
    1 Chronicles 6:63 Meaning
  • 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
    1 Chronicles 6:64 Meaning
  • 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
    1 Chronicles 6:65 Meaning
  • 66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
    1 Chronicles 6:66 Meaning
  • 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
    1 Chronicles 6:67 Meaning
  • 68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
    1 Chronicles 6:68 Meaning
  • 69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
    1 Chronicles 6:69 Meaning
  • 70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
    1 Chronicles 6:70 Meaning
  • 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
    1 Chronicles 6:71 Meaning
  • 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
    1 Chronicles 6:72 Meaning
  • 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
    1 Chronicles 6:73 Meaning
  • 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
    1 Chronicles 6:74 Meaning
  • 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
    1 Chronicles 6:75 Meaning
  • 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
    1 Chronicles 6:76 Meaning
  • 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
    1 Chronicles 6:77 Meaning
  • 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
    1 Chronicles 6:78 Meaning
  • 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
    1 Chronicles 6:79 Meaning
  • 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
    1 Chronicles 6:80 Meaning
  • 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
    1 Chronicles 6:81 Meaning

1 CHRONICLES 13:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

2 CHRONICLES 23:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

EZEKIEL 34:1-5Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
    Ezekiel 34:1 Meaning
  • 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
    Ezekiel 34:2 Meaning
  • 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
    Ezekiel 34:3 Meaning
  • 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
    Ezekiel 34:4 Meaning
  • 5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
    Ezekiel 34:5 Meaning

Assigned To, by Families

JOSHUA 21:4-40Verses in the Bible

  • 4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
    Joshua 21:4 Meaning
  • 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
    Joshua 21:5 Meaning
  • 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
    Joshua 21:6 Meaning
  • 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
    Joshua 21:7 Meaning
  • 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
    Joshua 21:8 Meaning
  • 9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
    Joshua 21:9 Meaning
  • 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
    Joshua 21:10 Meaning
  • 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
    Joshua 21:11 Meaning
  • 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
    Joshua 21:12 Meaning
  • 13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:13 Meaning
  • 14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:14 Meaning
  • 15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:15 Meaning
  • 16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
    Joshua 21:16 Meaning
  • 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:17 Meaning
  • 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:18 Meaning
  • 19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
    Joshua 21:19 Meaning
  • 20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
    Joshua 21:20 Meaning
  • 21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:21 Meaning
  • 22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:22 Meaning
  • 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:23 Meaning
  • 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:24 Meaning
  • 25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
    Joshua 21:25 Meaning
  • 26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
    Joshua 21:26 Meaning
  • 27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
    Joshua 21:27 Meaning
  • 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:28 Meaning
  • 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:29 Meaning
  • 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:30 Meaning
  • 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:31 Meaning
  • 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
    Joshua 21:32 Meaning
  • 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
    Joshua 21:33 Meaning
  • 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:34 Meaning
  • 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:35 Meaning
  • 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:36 Meaning
  • 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
    Joshua 21:37 Meaning
  • 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
    Joshua 21:38 Meaning
  • 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
    Joshua 21:39 Meaning
  • 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
    Joshua 21:40 Meaning

Suburbs of Their Cities Were Inalienable for Debt

LEVITICUS 25:32-34Verses in the Bible

  • 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
    Leviticus 25:32 Meaning
  • 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
    Leviticus 25:33 Meaning
  • 34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
    Leviticus 25:34 Meaning

Tithes and Other Offerings

NUMBERS 18:24,26-32Verses in the Bible

  • 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
    Numbers 18:24 Meaning
  • 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 18:25 Meaning
  • 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe.
    Numbers 18:26 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 18:1-8Verses in the Bible

  • 1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.
    Deuteronomy 18:1 Meaning
  • 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
    Deuteronomy 18:2 Meaning
  • 3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
    Deuteronomy 18:3 Meaning
  • 4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
    Deuteronomy 18:4 Meaning
  • 5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
    Deuteronomy 18:5 Meaning
  • 6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;
    Deuteronomy 18:6 Meaning
  • 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
    Deuteronomy 18:7 Meaning
  • 8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
    Deuteronomy 18:8 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 26:11-13Verses in the Bible

  • 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
    Deuteronomy 26:11 Meaning
  • 12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
    Deuteronomy 26:12 Meaning
  • 13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
    Deuteronomy 26:13 Meaning

JOSHUA 13:14In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

NEHEMIAH 10:38,39Verses in the Bible

  • 38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
    Nehemiah 10:38 Meaning
  • 39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
    Nehemiah 10:39 Meaning

NEHEMIAH 12:44,47Verses in the Bible

  • 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
    Nehemiah 12:44 Meaning
  • 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
    Nehemiah 12:47 Meaning

First Fruits

NEHEMIAH 12:44,47Verses in the Bible

  • 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
    Nehemiah 12:44 Meaning
  • 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
    Nehemiah 12:47 Meaning

The Plunder of War, Including Captives

NUMBERS 31:30,42-47Verses in the Bible

  • 30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.
    Numbers 31:30 Meaning
  • 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
    Numbers 31:42 Meaning
  • 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
    Numbers 31:43 Meaning
  • 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
    Numbers 31:44 Meaning
  • 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
    Numbers 31:45 Meaning
  • 46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
    Numbers 31:46 Meaning
  • 47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.
    Numbers 31:47 Meaning

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Tithes Withheld from

NEHEMIAH 13:10-13Verses in the Bible

  • 10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
    Nehemiah 13:10 Meaning
  • 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
    Nehemiah 13:11 Meaning
  • 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
    Nehemiah 13:12 Meaning
  • 13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
    Nehemiah 13:13 Meaning

MALACHI 3:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Pensioned

2 CHRONICLES 31:16-18Verses in the Bible

  • 16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
    2 Chronicles 31:16 Meaning
  • 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
    2 Chronicles 31:17 Meaning
  • 18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
    2 Chronicles 31:18 Meaning

Owned Lands

DEUTERONOMY 18:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

1 KINGS 2:26In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

Land Allotted To, by Ezekiel

EZEKIEL 48:13,14Verses in the Bible

  • 13 And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
    Ezekiel 48:13 Meaning
  • 14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.
    Ezekiel 48:14 Meaning

Enrollment Of, at Mount Sinai

NUMBERS 1:47-49Verses in the Bible

  • 47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
    Numbers 1:47 Meaning
  • 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 1:48 Meaning
  • 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
    Numbers 1:49 Meaning

NUMBERS 2:33In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.

NUMBERS 3:14-39Verses in the Bible

  • 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
    Numbers 3:14 Meaning
  • 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
    Numbers 3:15 Meaning
  • 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
    Numbers 3:16 Meaning
  • 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
    Numbers 3:17 Meaning
  • 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
    Numbers 3:18 Meaning
  • 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
    Numbers 3:19 Meaning
  • 20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
    Numbers 3:20 Meaning
  • 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
    Numbers 3:21 Meaning
  • 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
    Numbers 3:22 Meaning
  • 23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
    Numbers 3:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
    Numbers 3:24 Meaning
  • 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
    Numbers 3:25 Meaning
  • 26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
    Numbers 3:26 Meaning
  • 27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
    Numbers 3:27 Meaning
  • 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:28 Meaning
  • 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
    Numbers 3:29 Meaning
  • 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
    Numbers 3:30 Meaning
  • 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
    Numbers 3:31 Meaning
  • 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
    Numbers 3:32 Meaning
  • 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
    Numbers 3:33 Meaning
  • 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
    Numbers 3:34 Meaning
  • 35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
    Numbers 3:35 Meaning
  • 36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
    Numbers 3:36 Meaning
  • 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
    Numbers 3:37 Meaning
  • 38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
    Numbers 3:38 Meaning
  • 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
    Numbers 3:39 Meaning

NUMBERS 4:2,3Verses in the Bible

  • 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
    Numbers 4:2 Meaning
  • 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
    Numbers 4:3 Meaning

NUMBERS 26:57-62Verses in the Bible

  • 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
    Numbers 26:57 Meaning
  • 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
    Numbers 26:58 Meaning
  • 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
    Numbers 26:59 Meaning
  • 60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    Numbers 26:60 Meaning
  • 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.
    Numbers 26:61 Meaning
  • 62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
    Numbers 26:62 Meaning

1 CHRONICLES 23:3-5Verses in the Bible

  • 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
    1 Chronicles 23:3 Meaning
  • 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:
    1 Chronicles 23:4 Meaning
  • 5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
    1 Chronicles 23:5 Meaning

Degraded from the Levitical Office by Jeroboam

2 CHRONICLES 11:13-17Verses in the Bible

  • 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
    2 Chronicles 11:13 Meaning
  • 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the Lord:
    2 Chronicles 11:14 Meaning
  • 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
    2 Chronicles 11:15 Meaning
  • 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers.
    2 Chronicles 11:16 Meaning
  • 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
    2 Chronicles 11:17 Meaning

2 CHRONICLES 13:9-11Verses in the Bible

  • 9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
    2 Chronicles 13:9 Meaning
  • 10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
    2 Chronicles 13:10 Meaning
  • 11 And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.
    2 Chronicles 13:11 Meaning

Loyal to the Ruler

2 KINGS 11:7-11Verses in the Bible

  • 7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king.
    2 Kings 11:7 Meaning
  • 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
    2 Kings 11:8 Meaning
  • 9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
    2 Kings 11:9 Meaning
  • 10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the Lord.
    2 Kings 11:10 Meaning
  • 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
    2 Kings 11:11 Meaning

2 CHRONICLES 23:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

Intermarried With Canaanites

EZRA 9:1,2Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
    Ezra 9:1 Meaning
  • 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
    Ezra 9:2 Meaning

EZRA 10:23,24Verses in the Bible

  • 23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
    Ezra 10:23 Meaning
  • 24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
    Ezra 10:24 Meaning

Exempt from Enrollment for Military Duty

NUMBERS 1:47-54Verses in the Bible

  • 47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
    Numbers 1:47 Meaning
  • 48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,
    Numbers 1:48 Meaning
  • 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
    Numbers 1:49 Meaning
  • 50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
    Numbers 1:50 Meaning
  • 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
    Numbers 1:51 Meaning
  • 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
    Numbers 1:52 Meaning
  • 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
    Numbers 1:53 Meaning
  • 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.
    Numbers 1:54 Meaning

1 CHRONICLES 12:26In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

Subordinate to the Sons of Aaron

NUMBERS 3:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

NUMBERS 8:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

NUMBERS 18:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Prophecies Concerning

JEREMIAH 33:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

EZEKIEL 44:10-14Verses in the Bible

  • 10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
    Ezekiel 44:10 Meaning
  • 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
    Ezekiel 44:11 Meaning
  • 12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.
    Ezekiel 44:12 Meaning
  • 13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
    Ezekiel 44:13 Meaning
  • 14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
    Ezekiel 44:14 Meaning

MALACHI 3:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

Of Their Repentance of the Crucifixion of the Messiah

ZECHARIAH 12:10-13Verses in the Bible

  • 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
    Zechariah 12:10 Meaning
  • 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
    Zechariah 12:11 Meaning
  • 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
    Zechariah 12:12 Meaning
  • 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
    Zechariah 12:13 Meaning

John's Vision Concerning

REVELATION 7:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

Sources

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