Bible Verses About Levites

Take the sum of the sons of Caath from the midst of the Levites, by their houses and families.

From thirty years old and upward, to fifty years old, of all that go in to stand and to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

But do this to them, that they may live, and not die, by touching the holies of holies. Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall appoint every man his work, and shall divide the burdens that every man is to carry.

Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.

Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them,

According to this rite: Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification, and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall have washed their garments, and are cleansed,

They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil: and thou shalt take another ox of the herd for a sin offering:

And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:

And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:

And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry.

The Levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of the oxen, of which thou shalt sacrifice one for sin, and the other for a holocaust to the Lord, to pray for them.

And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord,

And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine.

And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel.

I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,

For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself:

And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:

And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.

And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses

And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord, and prayed for them,

This also is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gerson, of whom is the family of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom is the family of the Caathites: Merari, of whom is the family of the Merarites.

These are the families of Levi: The family of Lobni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Core. Now Caath begot Amram:

Who had to wife Jochabed the daughter of Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore to her husband Amram sons, Aaron and Moses, and Mary their sister.

Of Aaron were born Nadab and Abiu, and Eleazar and Ithamar:

Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the strange fire before the Lord.