Lexicon :: Strong's H3878 - lēvî

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]

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.

The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

“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.

“Then the priests, the sons of Levi, will come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and pronounce blessings in his name, and they are to give a ruling in[fn] every dispute and case of assault.

“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 Moses did not give a portion to the tribe of Levi. The LORD, the God of Israel, was their inheritance, just as he had promised them.

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

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.

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.

Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.

As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

These were the descendants of Levi by their ancestral families[fn] ​— ​the family heads, according to their registration by name in the headcount ​— ​twenty years old or more, who worked in the service of the LORD’s temple.

As for the rest of Levi’s sons:

from Amram’s sons: Shubael;

from Shubael’s sons: Jehdeiah.