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Lexicon :: Strong's H3881 - lᵊvî

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לְוִי
Transliteration
lᵊvî
Pronunciation
lay-vee-ee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Patronymically from לֵוִי (H3878)
Strong’s Definitions

לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'; or לֵוִי Lêvîy; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi:—Leviite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 286x

The KJV translates Strong's H3881 in the following manner: Levite (286x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 286x
The KJV translates Strong's H3881 in the following manner: Levite (286x).

  1. Levite = see Levi "joined to"

    1. the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah

      1. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'; or לֵוִי Lêvîy; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi:—Leviite.
STRONGS H3881: Abbreviations
II. לֵוִי 291 adjective, of a people Levite; — לֵוִי, + 40 times; plural לֵוִיִּם + 250 times; suffix לְוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; —
† 1. singular of individual, אִישׁ ל׳ Judges 19:1 a certain Levite; predicate וְהוּא ל׳ Judges 17:1 and he was a Levite, so Judges 17:9; with article הַלּ׳ as substantive the Levite Exodus 4:11 (J), Judges 17:10, 11, 12, 13 (as priest), Deuteronomy 18:6; 2 Chronicles 20:14; 31:12, 14; Ezra 10:15; הַנַּעַר הַלּ׳ Judges 18:3, 15; הָאִישׁ הַלּ׳ Judges 20:4. followed usually
† 2. with article הַלֵּוִי as substantive collective the Levites: Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20, 32; Numbers 26:57 (all P); Numbers 18:23 (P; charged with service of tabernacle); especially D, Deuteronomy 12:12, 18, 19; Deuteronomy 14:27, 29; Deuteronomy 16:1, 14; Deuteronomy 26:10, 12, 13; also 1 Chronicles 24:6; Malachi 2:8 (as priestly tribe); שֵׁבָט הַלּ׳ Deuteronomy 10:8 tribe of the Levites (set apart for service), compare Joshua 13:14, 33; 1 Chronicles 23:14; בְּנֵיהַֿלֵּוִי 1 Chronicles 12:27 (van d. H 1 Chronicles 12:26) sons of the Levites (i.e. of the tribe); so Nehemiah 10:40 [Nehemiah 10:39] (as tithe-collectors); בֵּית הַלֵּוִי Psalm 135:20 house (family, tribe) of the Levites.
3. plural לְוִיִּם chiefly Chronicles and P; — always with article ַֽֽֽהלְוִיִּם except suffix לוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; the article is omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate and most in Isaiah 66:21; always = substantive Levites; — 1.
† a. earlier usage: — as bearing the ark 1 Samuel 6:15; 2 Samuel 15:24; Deuteronomy 31:25, so (with priests) 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5 (HCT הכהנים הַל׳; read probably וְהַל׳ as in Kings, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate compare Öttli VB); also 1 Chronicles is 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:26, 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 23:26; 2 Chronicles 5:4 (for הכהנים || 1 Kings 8:3).
† b. not distinguished from priests by D: הַכֹּהֲנִים הַל׳ Deuteronomy 17:9, 18; Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 24:8; Deuteronomy 27:9; Joshua 3:3; Joshua 8:33 (both D; as bearing ark), also Jeremiah 33:18, 21 ׅ הַכ׳ (הַל׳, Ezekiel 43:19; Ezekiel 44:15; compare Deuteronomy 18:7; Deuteronomy 27:14; Jeremiah 33:22; הַל׳ הַכ׳ likewise 2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:27 (but read probably וְהַל׳ after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate, compare Öttli and below)
† c. as tribal designation, Exodus 6:25; Numbers 3:39; Numbers 4:18, 46; Joshua 21:1 (all P), 1 Chronicles 9:33, 34; 1 Chronicles 15:12; 2 Chronicles 35:5; Nehemiah 11:15, 16; Nehemiah 12:24; with reference to share in land Leviticus 25:32 (twice in verse); Leviticus 25:33 (twice in verse) (H), Numbers 1:47; Numbers 2:33; Joshua 14:3, 4; Joshua 21:3, 4, 8, 20, 27, 34, 38, 39 (all P), Joshua 18:7 (D), 1 Chronicles 6:49; compare also † 2 Chronicles 11:14.
d. set apart for service in tabernacle, Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50, 51 (twice in verse); Numbers 1:53 (twice in verse); Numbers 2:17; Numbers 7:5, 6; Numbers 8:6 + 18 times Numbers 8 (all p), compare 1 Chronicles 6:33; 1 Chronicles 16:4; ministers to Aaron and his sons Numbers 3:9; Numbers 8:19; Numbers 18:6 (P); set apart for י׳ (as redemption for first-born) Numbers 3:12 (twice in verse) + 7 times Numbers 3 (P); with certain perquisites Numbers 18:24, 26, 30 + 9 times Numbers (P).
2. in Chronicles the tribal idea is in the background, and thought of Levites as official class is prominent:
a. distinguished from priests וְהַל׳ הַכ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:14 (compare 1 Chronicles 9:10), 1 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Chronicles 15:4, 11, 14; 1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:6, 31 + 67 times Chronicles; also Isaiah 66:21 (according to Vrss., but dubious), Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 45:5 (compare Ezekiel 45:4), Ezekiel 48:11, 12, 13, 22.
b. as porters, 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Chronicles 26:17, compare 1 Chronicles 34:9; as in charge of music, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 17, 22; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 29:25, 30; 34:12; Nehemiah 12:27; yet distinguished from porters and singers, Nehemiah 7:1; Nehemiah 13:5, 10; distinguished also from נְתִינִים 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 8:20; Nehemiah 10:29; further (with various official functions) 1 Chronicles 9:31 + 29 times Chronicles; of groups of individuals, 2 Chronicles 17:8 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 29:12; 34:12; Ezra 2:40 = Nehemiah 7:43; Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:17; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 12:8, also Nehemiah 8:7 (omitted וְ; Vulgate BeRy Ryle).
c. בְּנֵיהַֿלְוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 15:15 (bearing ark), 1 Chronicles 24:30 (tribal designation). — See, on Levites, especially GfGeschichte. d. Stammes Levi in MeArchiv i. 68 ff. 208 ff. WeProl. Cap. iv RSOTJC. 435 f., 2nd ed., 360 f. BauPriesterthum 50 f., 68 f., and often.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:11; 6:19; 6:25; 38:21

Leviticus

25:32; 25:33

Numbers

1:47; 1:50; 1:51; 1:53; 2:17; 2:33; 3; 3:9; 3:12; 3:20; 3:32; 3:39; 4:18; 4:46; 7:5; 7:6; 8; 8:6; 8:19; 18:6; 18:23; 18:24; 18:26; 18:30; 26:57

Deuteronomy

10:8; 12:12; 12:18; 12:19; 14:27; 14:29; 16:1; 16:14; 17:9; 17:18; 18:1; 18:6; 18:7; 24:8; 26:10; 26:12; 26:13; 27:9; 27:14; 31:25

Joshua

3:3; 8:33; 13:14; 13:33; 14:3; 14:4; 18:7; 21:1; 21:3; 21:4; 21:8; 21:20; 21:27; 21:34; 21:38; 21:39

Judges

17:1; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 18:3; 18:15; 19:1; 20:4

1 Samuel

6:15

2 Samuel

15:24

1 Kings

8:3; 8:4

1 Chronicles

6:33; 6:49; 9:2; 9:10; 9:14; 9:26; 9:31; 9:33; 9:34; 12:26; 12:27; 13:2; 15:2; 15:4; 15:11; 15:12; 15:14; 15:15; 15:16; 15:17; 15:22; 15:26; 15:27; 16:4; 23:2; 23:14; 23:26; 24:6; 24:6; 24:30; 24:31; 26:17

2 Chronicles

5:4; 5:5; 5:12; 11:14; 17:8; 20:14; 23:18; 29:12; 29:25; 29:30; 30:27; 31:12; 31:14; 34:12; 34:12; 35:5

Ezra

2:40; 8:20; 8:33; 10:15

Nehemiah

3:17; 7:1; 7:43; 8:7; 9:5; 10:1; 10:1; 10:10; 10:29; 10:39; 11:15; 11:16; 12:8; 12:24; 12:27; 13:5; 13:10

Psalms

135:20

Isaiah

66:21; 66:21

Jeremiah

33:18; 33:21; 33:22

Ezekiel

43:19; 44:10; 44:15; 45:4; 45:5; 48:11; 48:12; 48:13; 48:22

Malachi

2:8

H3881

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Strong's Number H3881 matches the Hebrew לְוִי (lᵊvî),
which occurs 286 times in 258 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 6 (Num 35:6–1Ch 6:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites H3881 there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7 - So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites H3881 shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites H3881 according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite H3881 that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite H3881 that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:19 - Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite H3881 as long as thou livest upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:27 - And the Levite H3881 that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - And the Levite, H3881 (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite H3881 that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, H3881 the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, H3881 and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:18 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: H3881

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - The priests the Levites, H3881 and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - And if a Levite H3881 come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:7 - Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites H3881 do, which stand there before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 - Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites H3881 shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:11 - And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, H3881 and the stranger that is among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, H3881 the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, H3881 and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9 - And Moses and the priests the Levites H3881 spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:14 - And the Levites H3881 shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:25 - That Moses commanded the Levites, H3881 which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites H3881 bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, H3881 which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites H3881 he gave none inheritance among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites H3881 in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - But the Levites H3881 have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites H3881 unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites H3881 out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, H3881 had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:8 - And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites H3881 these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites H3881 which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, H3881 out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 - And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, H3881 out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, H3881 were by their lot twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:41 - All the cities of the Levites H3881 within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, H3881 and he sojourned there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite H3881 of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:10 - And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite H3881 went in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:11 - And the Levite H3881 was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:12 - And Micah consecrated the Levite; H3881 and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:13 - Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite H3881 to my priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: H3881 and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, H3881 even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite H3881 sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - And the Levite, H3881 the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - And the Levites H3881 took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites H3881 were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:4 - And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites H3881 bring up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites H3881 according to their fathers.

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