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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 6 (1Ch 6:48–2Ch 23:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - Their kinsmen the Levites H3881 were [fn]appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:64 - So the sons of Israel gave the Levites H3881 the cities with their pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:2 -

Now the first inhabitants who lived on their own property in their cities were people of Israel, including the priests, the Levites H3881, and the [fn]temple servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:14 -

Of the Levites H3881, there were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites H3881, served in an official capacity, and were in charge of the chambers and in charge of the treasuries in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:31 - Mattithiah, one of the Levites H3881, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the [fn]responsibility for the baking of cakes in pans.

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Now these are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites H3881, who lived in the chambers of the temple free of other duties; for they were [fn]engaged in their work day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:34 - These were heads of fathers’ households of the Levites H3881 according to their generations, chief men [fn]who lived in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the LORD our God, [fn]let us send word everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites H3881 who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they meet with us;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:2 - Then David said, “No one is to carry the ark of God except the Levites H3881; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to serve Him forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:4 - David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites H3881:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:11 -

Then David called for the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and for the Levites H3881, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites H3881; consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:14 - So the priests and the Levites H3881 consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:15 - The sons of the Levites H3881 carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles on them, just as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

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Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites H3881 to appoint their relatives as the singers, with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, playing to raise sounds of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:17 - So the Levites H3881 appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:22 - Chenaniah, chief of the Levites H3881, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - Because God was helping the Levites H3881 who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites H3881 who were carrying the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers. David also wore an ephod of linen.

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He appointed some of the Levites H3881 as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:2 - And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites H3881.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - Now the Levites H3881 were counted from thirty years old and upward, and their number by [fn]head count of men was thirty-eight thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - “Also, the Levites H3881 will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:27 - For by the last words of David, the sons of Levi were counted from twenty years old and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites H3881, recorded them in the presence of the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and the Levites H3881; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:30 - The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites H3881 according to their fathers’ households.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These also cast lots just as their relatives, the sons of Aaron did in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites H3881—the head of fathers’ households as well as those of his younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17 - On the east there were six Levites H3881, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storehouse two by two.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:20 -

[fn]The Levites H3881, their relatives, were in charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:17 - for Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:13 - also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites H3881 and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD and for all the utensils of service in the house of the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - “Now behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites H3881 for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of any skill will be with you in all the work for all kinds of service. The officials also and all the people will be entirely at your command.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:4 - Then all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites H3881 picked up the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:5 - They brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy utensils that were in the tent. The Levitical H3881 priests brought them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and all the Levitical H3881 singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them 120 priests blowing trumpets

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites H3881 also, with the musical instruments for the LORD, which King David had made for giving praise to the LORD—“for His faithfulness is everlasting”—whenever David gave praise through their [fn]ministry; the priests on the other side blew trumpets and all Israel was standing.

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Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites H3881 for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for this is what David, the man of God, had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they did not deviate from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites H3881 in any matter or regarding the storehouses.

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Moreover, the priests and the Levites H3881 who were in all Israel also stood with him from all their districts.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites H3881 left their pasture lands and their property and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9 - “Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron and the Levites H3881, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of things that are not gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10 - “But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not abandoned Him; and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the LORD as priests, and the Levites H3881 [fn]attend to their work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - and with them the Levites H3881, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites H3881; and with them the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

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In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat also appointed some of the Levites H3881 and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and [fn]to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “Behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in every matter [fn]that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. Also the Levites H3881 shall be officers before you. [fn]Act resolutely, and may the LORD be with the upright.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite H3881 of the sons of Asaph;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:19 - The Levites H3881, from the sons of the Kohathites and from the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites H3881 from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - “This is the thing which you shall do: a third of you, of the priests and Levites H3881 who come in on the Sabbath, shall be gatekeepers,

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