TOPICAL BIBLE
Levites
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Numbers 8:20And Moses doth—Aaron also, and all the company of the sons of Israel—to the Levites according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses concerning the Levites; so have the sons of Israel done to them.Numbers 8:21And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waveth them a wave-offering before Jehovah, and Aaron maketh atonement for them to cleanse them,Numbers 8:23And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,Numbers 8:24This is that which is the Levites’: from a son of five and twenty years and upward he doth go in to serve the host in the service of the tent of meeting,Numbers 8:25and from a son of fifty years he doth return from the host of the service, and doth not serve any more,Numbers 8:26and he hath ministered with his brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and doth not do service; thus thou dost to the Levites concerning their charge.’Numbers 10:17And the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle.Numbers 16:9is it little to you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the company of Israel to bring you near unto Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the company to serve them?—Numbers 17:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,Numbers 17:2‘Speak unto the sons of Israel, and take from them each a rod, for a father’s house, from all their princes, for the house of their fathers, twelve rods; the name of each thou dost write on his rod,Numbers 17:3and Aaron’s name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod is for the head of their fathers’ house:Numbers 17:4and thou hast placed them in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, where I meet with you.Numbers 17:8And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo, the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds;Numbers 18:1And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, ‘Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father with thee, do bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou, and thy sons with thee, do bear the iniquity of your priesthood;Numbers 18:3‘And they have kept thy charge, and the charge of all the tent; only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar they do not come near, and they die not, either they or you;Numbers 18:4and they have been joined unto thee, and have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and a stranger doth not come near unto you;Numbers 18:5and ye have kept the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel.Numbers 18:6‘And I, lo, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; to you a gift they are given by Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting;Numbers 18:24but the tithe of the sons of Israel which they lift up to Jehovah, a heave-offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said of them, In the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance.’Numbers 18:26‘And unto the Levites thou dost speak; and thou hast said unto them, When ye take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given to you from them, for your inheritance, then ye have lifted up from it the heave-offering of Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe;Numbers 18:27and your heave-offering hath been reckoned to you as corn from the threshing-floor, and as fulness from the wine-vat;Numbers 18:28so ye do lift up—ye also—the heave-offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which ye receive from the sons of Israel; and ye have given from it the heave-offering of Jehovah to Aaron the priest;Numbers 18:29out of all your gifts ye do lift up the whole heave-offering of Jehovah; out of all its fat,—its hallowed part—out of it.Numbers 18:30‘And thou hast said unto them, In your lifting up its fat out of it, then it hath been reckoned to the Levites, as increase of a threshing-floor, and as increase of a wine-vat;Numbers 18:31and ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it is your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting;Numbers 18:32and ye bear no sin for it, in your lifting up its fat out of it, and the holy things of the sons of Israel ye do not pollute, and ye die not.’Numbers 26:57And these are numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon is the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.Numbers 26:58These are families of the Levite: the family of the Libnite, the family of the Hebronite, the family of the Mahlite, the family of the Mushite, the family of the Korathite. And Kohath hath begotten Amram,Numbers 26:59and the name of Amram’s wife is Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom one hath born to Levi in Egypt; and she beareth to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister.Numbers 26:60And born to Aaron Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar;Numbers 26:61and Nadab dieth—Abihu also—in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah.Numbers 26:62And their numbered ones are three and twenty thousand, every male from a son of a month and upwards, for they have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel; for an inheritance hath not been given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.Numbers 31:30‘And from the sons of Israel’s half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.’Numbers 31:42And of the sons of Israel’s half, which Moses halved from the men who war—Numbers 31:43and the company’s half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred;Numbers 31:44and of the herd six and thirty thousand;Numbers 31:45and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred;Numbers 31:46and of human beings sixteen thousand—Numbers 31:47Moses taketh from the sons of Israel’s half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.Numbers 35:2‘Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to inhabit; also a suburb for the cities round about them ye do give to the Levites.Numbers 35:3And the cities have been to them to inhabit, and their suburbs are for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.Numbers 35:4And the suburbs of the cities which ye give to the Levites are, from the wall of the city and without, a thousand cubits round about.Numbers 35:5And ye have measured from the outside of the city, the east quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the south quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the north quarter, two thousand by the cubit; and the city is in the midst; this is to them the suburbs of the cities.Numbers 35:6And the cities which ye give to the Levites are the six cities of refuge, which ye give for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, and besides them ye give forty and two cities;Numbers 35:7all the cities which ye give to the Levites are forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.Numbers 35:8And the cities which ye give are of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye multiply, and from the few ye diminish; each, according to his inheritance which they inherit, doth give of his cities to the Levites.’Deuteronomy 10:8‘At that time hath Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name, unto this day,Deuteronomy 10:9therefore there hath not been to Levi a portion and inheritance with his brethren; Jehovah Himself is his inheritance, as Jehovah thy God hath spoken to him.Deuteronomy 12:12and ye have rejoiced before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your handmaids, and the Levite who is within your gates, for he hath no part and inheritance with you.Deuteronomy 12:18but before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand;Deuteronomy 12:19take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.Deuteronomy 14:27As to the Levite who is within thy gates, thou dost not forsake him, for he hath no portion and inheritance with thee.Deuteronomy 14:28At the end of three years thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed it within thy gates;Deuteronomy 14:29and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.Deuteronomy 17:9and hast come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge who is in those days, and hast inquired, and they have declared to thee the word of judgment,Deuteronomy 18:1‘There is not to the priests the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—a portion and inheritance with Israel; fire-offerings of Jehovah, even His inheritance, they eat,Deuteronomy 18:2and he hath no inheritance in the midst of his brethren; Jehovah Himself is his inheritance, as He hath spoken to him.Deuteronomy 18:3‘And this is the priest’s right from the people, from those sacrificing a sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, he hath even given to the priest the leg, and the two cheeks, and the stomach;Deuteronomy 18:4the first of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, thou dost give to him;Deuteronomy 18:5for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.