Bible Verses About The Levites

the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah,

the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

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

Their kinsmen the L'vi'im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

The gatekeepers: Shalum, 'Akuv, Talmon, Achiman and their kinsmen; Shalum was the chief.

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

Shalum the son of Kore the son of Evyasaf the son of Korach and his kinsmen from his father's clan the Korchim were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tent. Their ancestors had been in charge of the camp of ADONAI, keepers of the entryway.

Pinchas the son of El'azar had been ruler over them long before; ADONAI had been with him.

Z'kharyah the son of Meshelemyah guarded the entryway to the tent of meeting.

All these chosen to be gatekeepers numbered 212. Their genealogies were recorded in their towns; they had been appointed to their positions by David and Sh'mu'el the seer.

They and their descendants supervised the gates of the house of ADONAI, that is, the house of the tent, by periods of duty.

The gatekeepers served on the four sides, east, west, north and south.

From time to time their kinsmen had to come in from their towns to help them for seven days.

For the four chief gatekeepers were on permanent duty; they were the L'vi'im in charge of accommodations and supplies in the house of God.

David gathered together the descendants of Aharon and the L'vi'im:

from the descendants of K'hat: Uri'el the chief, and 120 of his kinsmen;

from the descendants of M'rari: 'Asayah the chief, and 220 of his kinsmen;

from the descendants of Gershom: Yo'el the chief, and 130 of his kinsmen;

from the descendants of Elitzafan: Sh'ma'yah the chief, and 200 of his kinsmen;

from the descendants of Hevron: Eli'el the chief, and eighty of his kinsmen;

and from the descendants of 'Uzi'el: 'Amminadav the chief, and 112 of his kinsmen.

Then he assembled all the leaders of Isra'el, with the cohanim and L'vi'im.

A census of L'vi'im thirty years old and over was taken, and their number came to 38,000.

Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work on the house of ADONAI, while 6,000 were officials and judges

4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 sang praise to ADONAI "with the instruments I made for the purpose of singing praise."