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Levi

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Verses Mentioning Levi

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  1. The name of 'Amram's wife was Yokheved the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to 'Amram Aharon, Moshe and their sister Miryam.

  2. At that time ADONAI set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark for the covenant of ADONAI and to stand before ADONAI to serve him and to bless in his name, as they still do today.

  3. This is why Levi has no share or inheritance with his brothers; ADONAI is his inheritance, as ADONAI your God had said to him.

  4. The cohanim, who are L'vi'im, and indeed the whole tribe of Levi, is not to have a share or an inheritance with Isra'el. Instead, their support will come from the food offered by fire to ADONAI and from whatever else becomes his.

  5. Then the cohanim, who are L'vi'im, are to approach; for ADONAI your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in the name of ADONAI; they will decide the outcome of every dispute and matter involving violence.

  6. "These are the ones who are to stand on Mount G'rizim and bless the people after you have crossed the Yarden: Shim'on, Levi, Y'hudah, Yissakhar, Yosef and Binyamin;

  7. Then Moshe wrote down this Torah and gave it to the cohanim, the descendants of Levi who carried the ark with the covenant of ADONAI, and to all the leaders of Isra'el.

  8. Of Levi he said: "Let your tumim and urim be with your pious one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you struggled at M'rivah Spring.

  9. Only to the tribe of Levi did Moshe give no inheritance; because the offerings made by fire for ADONAI the God of Isra'el are its inheritance; as [ADONAI] had said to Moshe.

  10. But to the tribe of Levi Moshe gave no inheritance; ADONAI the God of Isra'el is their inheritance - as he told them.

  11. they were for the descendants of Aharon, of the families of the K'hati, who were among the descendants of Levi; because theirs was the first lot.

  12. He also set up temples on the high places and made cohanim from among all the people, even though they were not descended from Levi.

  13. These are the sons of Isra'el: Re'uven, Shim'on, Levi, Y'hudah, Yissakhar, Z'vulun,

  14. The sons of Levi: Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.

  15. The sons of Levi: Gershom, K'hat and M'rari.

  16. the son of Yitz'har, the son of K'hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra'el.

  17. the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  18. the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of M'rari, the son of Levi.

  19. Previously they had guarded the king's gate to the east; they were gatekeepers for the camp of the descendants of Levi.

  20. Of the descendants of Levi, there were 4,600.

  21. But he didn't count Levi and Binyamin among them, because the king's order was hateful to Yo'av.

  22. David organized them into divisions named after the sons of Levi - Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.

  23. But as for Moshe the man of God, his sons are included with the tribe of Levi

  24. These were the descendants of Levi, according to their clans, the heads of clans according to their listing in the register, who did the work for the service of the house of ADONAI, those twenty years old and over.

  25. The rest of the descendants of Levi: of the descendants of 'Amram, Shuva'el; of the descendants of Shuva'el, Yechd'yah.