Lexicon :: Strong's G3017 - leui

She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, “At last, my husband will become attached to me because I have borne three sons for him.” Therefore he was named Levi.[fn]

“We cannot do this thing,” they said to them. “Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.

On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male.

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

Leah’s sons were Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn),

Simeon, Levi, Judah,

Issachar, and Zebulun.

Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

“Simeon and Levi are brothers;

their knives are vicious weapons.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman.

These are the names of the sons of Levi

according to their family records;

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi lived 137 years.

The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi.

These are the clans of the Levites

according to their family records.

And Moses stood at the camp’s entrance and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

The Levites did as Moses commanded, and about three thousand men fell dead that day among the people.

“Do not register or take a census of the tribe of Levi with the other Israelites.

“Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to the priest Aaron to assist him.

“Register the Levites by their ancestral families[fn] and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”

These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

“Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral families,[fn]

Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took

“place fire in them and put incense on them before the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is set apart. It is you Levites who have gone too far! ”

“He has brought you near, and all your fellow Levites who are with you, but you are pursuing the priesthood as well.

“Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there is to be one staff for the head of each tribe.

The next day Moses entered the tent of the testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, formed buds, blossomed, and produced almonds!

“But also bring your relatives with you from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, so they may join you and assist you and your sons in front of the tent of the testimony.

“Look, I have given the Levites every tenth in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.

These were the Levites registered by their clans:

the Gershonite clan from Gershon;

the Kohathite clan from Kohath;

the Merarite clan from Merari.

“At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today.

“The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, will have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the LORD’s food offerings; that is their[fn][fn] inheritance.

“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the LORD’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.

He said about Levi:

Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful one;[fn]

you tested him at Massah

and contended with him at the Waters of Meribah.

He did not, however, give any inheritance to the tribe of Levi. This was their inheritance, just as he had promised: the food offerings made to the LORD, the God of Israel.

“But the Levites among you do not get a portion, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have taken their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave them.”

The Levite family heads approached the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads of the Israelite tribes.

to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.

All twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

Jeroboam also made shrines[fn] on the high places and made priests from the ranks of the people who were not Levites.

These were Israel’s sons:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi,

Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Levi’s sons: Gershom,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.

Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.

These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:

son of Izhar, son of Kohath,

son of Levi, son of Israel.

son of Jahath,

son of Gershom, son of Levi.

son of Mahli,

son of Mushi, son of Merari,

son of Levi.

he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

From the Levites: 4,600

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king’s command was detestable to him.