Bible Verses About The Levites

The sonne of Hashabiah, the sonne of Amaziah, the sonne of Hilkiah,

The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Shamer,

The sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui.

And their brethren the Leuites were appointed vnto all the seruice of the Tabernacle of the house of God,

And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.

For they were porters to this time by companies of the children of Leui vnto the Kinges gate eastward.

And Shallum the sonne of Kore the sonne of Ebiasaph the sonne of Korah, and his brethren the Korathites (of the house of their father) were ouer the worke, and office to keepe the gates of the Tabernacle: so their families were ouer the hoste of the Lord, keeping the entrie.

And Phinehas ye sonne of Eleazar was their guide, and the Lord was with him.

Zechariah the sonne of Meshelemiah was the porter of the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

All these were chosen for porters of the gates, two hundreth and twelue, which were nombred according to their genealogies by their townes. Dauid established these and Samuel the Seer in their perpetuall office.

So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lord, euen of the house of the Tabernacle by wardes.

The porters were in foure quarters Eastward, Westward, Northward and Southward.

And their brethren, which were in their townes, came at seuen dayes from time to time with them.

For these foure chiefe porters were in perpetuall office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.

And Dauid assembled the sonnes of Aaron, and the Leuites.

Of the sonnes of Kohath, Vriel the chiefe, and his brethren sixe score.

Of the sonnes of Merari, Asaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth and twentie.

Of the sonnes of Gershom, Ioel the chiefe, and his brethren an hundreth and thirtie.

Of the sonnes of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth.

Of the sonnes of Hebron, Eliel the chiefe, and his brethren fourescore.

Of the sonnes of Vzziel, Amminadab the chiefe, and his brethren an hundreth and twelue.

And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites.

And the Leuites were numbred from ye age of thirtie yeere and aboue, and their nomber according to their summe was eight and thirtie thousand men.

Of these foure and twentie thousande were set to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord, and sixe thousand were ouerseers and iudges.

And foure thousand were porters, and foure thousande praised the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.