(The descendants of Levi)
Set apart as ministers of religion
Numbers 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deuteronomy 10:8; 1 Chronicles 15:2
Substituted in the place of the firstborn children
Numbers 3:12,41-45; 8:14,16-18; 18:6
Religious zeal of
Exodus 32:26-28; Deuteronomy 33:9,10; Malachi 2:4,5
Consecration of
Numbers 8:6-21
Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron
Numbers 16; 4:19,20
Three divisions each having the name of one of its progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
Numbers 3:17
Gershonites and their duties
Numbers 3:18-26; 4:23-26; 10:17
The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priest
Numbers 4:28
The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites
Numbers 3:27; 4:18-20
Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priests
Exodus 28:1; 29:9; Numbers 3:38; 17:1-4,8; 18:1
The remaining families were 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 3:27-32; 4:2-15
The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priest
Numbers 3:32; 1 Chronicles 9:20
The Merarites
Numbers 3:20,33-37; 4:31-33; 7:8; 10:17; 1 Chronicles 6:19,29,30; 23:21-23
The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling high priest
Numbers 4:33
Place of, in encampments and the march
Numbers 1:50-53; 2:17; 3:23-35
Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan
Joshua 21
Lodged in the chambers of the temple
1 Chronicles 9:27,33; Ezekiel 40:44
Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 12:29
Age of
When inducted into office
Numbers 4:3,30,47; 8:23-26; 1 Chronicles 23:3,24,27; Ezra 3:8
When retired from office
Numbers 4:3,47
Functions of
Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the March
Numbers 1:50-53; 3:6-9,21-37; 4:1-15,17-49; 8:19; 18:3-6
Had charge of the temple
1 Chronicles 9:27-29; 23:2-32; Ezra 8:24-34
Carried the ark of the covenant
Deuteronomy 10:8; 1 Chronicles 15:2,26,27
Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant
1 Chronicles 16:4
Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other Offerings
1 Chronicles 9:26-29; 26:28; 29:8; 2 Chronicles 24:5,11; 31:11-19; 34:9; Ezra 8:29,30,33; Nehemiah 12:44
Prepared the shewbread
1 Chronicles 23:28,29
Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice
2 Chronicles 29:12-36; 35:1-18
Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity
Ezra 6:20,21
Teachers of the law
Deuteronomy 33:10; 2 Chronicles 17:8,9; 30:22; 35:3; Nehemiah 8:7-13; Malachi 2:6,7
Were judges
Deuteronomy 17:9; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 26:29; 2 Chronicles 19:8-11; Nehemiah 11:16
Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service At Mount Gerizim
Deuteronomy 27:12; Joshua 8:33
Were porters of the doors
They were overseers in the building and the repairs of the temple
1 Chronicles 23:2-4; Ezra 3:8,9
Were musicians of the temple service
Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business
1 Chronicles 23:29
The list of those who returned from captivity
Ezra 2:40-63; 7:7; 8:16-20; Nehemiah 7:43-73; 12
Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Nehemiah 10:9-28
Profits from
In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with Suburbs were assigned to them
Numbers 35:2-8; 18:24
And
Numbers 26:62; Deuteronomy 10:9; 12:12,18,19; 14:27-29; 18:1-8; Joshua 13:14; 14:3; 18:7; 1 Chronicles 6:54-81; 13:2; 2 Chronicles 23:2; Ezekiel 34:1-5
Assigned to, by families
Joshua 21:4-40
Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
Leviticus 25:32-34
Tithes and other offerings
Numbers 18:24,26-32; Deuteronomy 18:1-8; 26:11-13; Joshua 13:14; Nehemiah 10:38,39; 12:44,47
First fruits
Nehemiah 12:44,47
The plunder of war, including captives
Numbers 31:30,42-47
Tithes withheld from
Nehemiah 13:10-13; Malachi 3:10
Pensioned
2 Chronicles 31:16-18
Owned lands
Deuteronomy 18:8; 1 Kings 2:26
Land allotted to, by Ezekiel
Ezekiel 48:13,14
Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai
Numbers 1:47-49; 2:33; 3:14-39; 4:2,3; 26:57-62; 1 Chronicles 23:3-5
Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam
2 Chronicles 11:13-17; 13:9-11
Loyal to the ruler
2 Kings 11:7-11; 2 Chronicles 23:7
Intermarried with Canaanites
Ezra 9:1,2; 10:23,24
Exempt from enrollment for military duty
Numbers 1:47-54; 1 Chronicles 12:26
Subordinate to the sons of Aaron
Numbers 3:9; 8:19; 18:6
Prophecies concerning
Jeremiah 33:18; Ezekiel 44:10-14; Malachi 3:3
Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah
Zechariah 12:10-13
John’s vision concerning
Revelation 7:7
