Levi

And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Now is the time, my husband is joined unto me, because I have born to him three sons,' therefore hath one called his name Levi.

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, `Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I am few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'

And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Simeon and Levi are brethren! Instruments of violence--their espousals!

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,

And these are the names of the sons of Levi, as to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi are a hundred and thirty and seven years.

And the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi: these are families of Levi, as to their births.

and Moses standeth in the gate of the camp, and saith, `Who is for Jehovah? --unto me!' and all the sons of Levi are gathered unto him;

And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there fall of the people on that day about three thousand men,

`Only, the tribe of Levi thou dost not number, and their sum thou dost not take up in the midst of the sons of Israel;

`Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou hast caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him,

`Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward thou dost number them.'

And these are sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

`Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers;

And Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, taketh both Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,

and put in them fire, and put on them perfume, before Jehovah to-morrow, and it hath been, the man whom Jehovah chooseth, he is the holy one; --enough of you, sons of Levi.'

And Moses saith unto Korah, `Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi;

yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee--and ye have sought also the priesthood!

and Aaron's name thou dost write on the tribe of Levi; for one rod is for the head of their fathers' house:

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo, the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds;

and also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, and they are joined unto thee, and serve thee, even thou and thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony.

and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving--the service of the tent of meeting.