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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 - “The cities which you shall give to the Levites H3881 shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7 - “All the cities which you shall give to the Levites H3881 shall be forty-eight cities, [fn]together with their pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - “As for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger and you shall take less from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites H3881 in proportion to his possession which he inherits.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - “And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite H3881 who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - “But you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female servants, and the Levite H3881 who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all [fn]your undertakings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:19 - “Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite H3881 [fn]as long as you live in your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:27 - “Also you shall not neglect the Levite H3881 who is in your [fn]town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - “The Levite, H3881 because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your [fn]town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite H3881 who is in your [fn]town, and the stranger and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite H3881 and the stranger and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your [fn]towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - “So you shall come to the Levitical H3881 priest or the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall inquire of them and they will declare to you the verdict in the case.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:18 - “Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll [fn]in the presence of the Levitical H3881 priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - “The Levitical H3881 priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD’S offerings by fire and His [fn]portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:6 - “Now if a Levite H3881 comes from any of your [fn]towns throughout Israel where he resides, and comes [fn]whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:7 - then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites H3881 who stand there before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 - “Be careful against [fn]an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical H3881 priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:11 - and you and the Levite H3881 and the alien who is among you shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given you and your household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - “When you have finished [fn]paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, H3881 to the stranger, to the [fn]orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your [fn]towns and be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - “You shall say before the LORD your God, ‘I have removed the sacred portion from my house, and also have given it to the Levite H3881 and the alien, the [fn]orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9 - Then Moses and the Levitical H3881 priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:14 - “The Levites H3881 shall then answer and say to 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 who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical H3881 priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - All Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical H3881 priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had given command at first to bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an inheritance to the Levites H3881 among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites H3881 in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - “For the Levites H3881 have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is [fn]their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, 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 the heads of [fn]households of the Levites H3881 approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of [fn]households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:3 - So the sons of Israel gave the Levites H3881 from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the [fn]command of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, H3881 [fn]received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:8 - Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites H3881 these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded [fn]through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, H3881 even to the rest of the sons of Kohath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, H3881 from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 - To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, H3881 they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; H3881 and their lot was twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:41 - All the cities of the Levites H3881 in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; H3881 and he was [fn]staying there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite H3881 from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to [fn]stay wherever I may find a place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:10 - Micah then said to him, “Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance.” So the Levite H3881 went in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:11 - The Levite H3881 agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:12 - So Micah [fn]consecrated the Levite, H3881 and the young man became his priest and [fn]lived in the house of Micah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:13 - Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite H3881 as priest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; H3881 and they turned aside there and said to him, “Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - They turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, H3881 to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite H3881 [fn]staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:4 - So the Levite, H3881 the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I came with my concubine to spend the night at Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - The Levites H3881 took down the ark of the LORD and the box that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices that day to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites H3881 with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people had finished passing from the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:4 - They brought up the ark of the LORD and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils, which were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites H3881 brought them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:19

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

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