Bible Verses About Levites

"Take a census of the descendants of K'hat, who are among the descendants of Levi, by clans and families,

all those from thirty to fifty years old; these will enter the corps doing the work in the tent of meeting.

rather, do this for them, so that they will live and not die: when they approach the especially holy things, Aharon and his sons are to go in -and you are to assign each one his task;

but the descendants of K'hat are not to go in and look at the holy things as they are being covered; if they do, they will die."

"Take the L'vi'im from among the people of Isra'el and cleanse them.

Here is how you are to cleanse them: sprinkle the purification water on them, have them shave their whole body with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.

Then they are to take a young bull with its grain offering, which is to be fine flour mixed with olive oil; while you take another bull for a sin offering.

You are to present the L'vi'im in front of the tent of meeting, and assemble the entire community of the people of Isra'el.

You will present the L'vi'im before ADONAI, the people of Isra'el will lay their hands on the L'vi'im,

and Aharon will offer the L'vi'im before ADONAI as a wave offering from the people of Isra'el, so that they may do ADONAI's service.

The L'vi'im will lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; the one you will offer as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to ADONAI to make atonement for the L'vi'im.

You are to place the L'vi'im before Aharon and his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to ADONAI.

In this way you will separate the L'vi'im from the people of Isra'el, and the L'vi'im will belong to me.

"After that, the L'vi'im will enter and do the service of the tent of meeting. You will cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering,

because they are entirely given to me from among the people of Isra'el; I have taken them for myself in place of all those who come first out of the womb, that is, the firstborn males of the people of Isra'el.

For all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el are mine, both humans and animals; on the day I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

But I have taken the L'vi'im in place of all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el,

and I have given the L'vi'im to Aharon and his sons from among the people of Isra'el to do the service of the people of Isra'el in the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Isra'el, so that no plague will fall on the people of Isra'el in consequence of their coming too close to the sanctuary."

This is what Moshe, Aharon and all the community of the people of Isra'el did to the L'vi'im. The people of Isra'el acted in accordance with everything that ADONAI had ordered Moshe in regard to the L'vi'im.

The L'vi'im purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aharon offered them as a holy gift before ADONAI and made atonement for them in order to cleanse them.

Those counted among the Levi, by their families, were: of Gershon, the family of the Gershuni, of K'hat, the family of the K'hati; and of M'rari, the family of the M'rari.

These are the families of Levi: the family of the Livni, the family of the Hevroni, the family of the Machli, the family of the Mushi and the family of the Korchi. K'hat was the father of 'Amram.

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.

To Aharon were born Nadav, Avihu, El'azar and Itamar;

but Nadav and Avihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before ADONAI.