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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 1 / 6 (Exo 4:14–Num 35:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well; and behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Elea'zar, Aaron's son, took to wife one of the daughters of Pu'ti-el; and she bore him Phin'ehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted at the commandment of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ith'amar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32 - Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - And if one of the Levites does not exercise his right of redemption, then the house that was sold in a city of their possession shall be released in the jubilee; for the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - But the Levites were not numbered by their ancestral tribe along with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - but appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it; they are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall tend it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any one else comes near, he shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - but the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the people of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - "Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33 - But the Levites were not numbered among the people of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9 - And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:20 - And the sons of Merar'i by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - And Elea'zar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - And you shall take the Levites for me--I am the LORD--instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - "Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49 - So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18 - "Let not the tribe of the families of the Ko'hathites be destroyed from among the Levites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and their fathers' houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - "Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:6 - So Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - "Take the Levites from among the people of Israel, and cleanse them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - And you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting, and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10 - When you present the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12 - Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls; and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:13 - And you shall cause the Levites to attend Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14 - "Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - and I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel in case the people of Israel should come near the sanctuary."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 - Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting in attendance upon Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - "This is what pertains to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the work in the service of the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - but minister to their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - And behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the people of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to the LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; and among the people of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24 - For the tithe of the people of Israel, which they present as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said of them that they shall have no inheritance among the people of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26 - "Moreover you shall say to the Levites, 'When you take from the people of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:30 - Therefore you shall say to them, 'When you have offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as produce of the threshing floor, and as produce of the wine press;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - These are the Levites as numbered according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Ko'hathites; of Merar'i, the family of the Merar'ites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:58

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58 - These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the He'bronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Ko'rahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - And from the people of Israel's half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - from the people of Israel's half Moses took one of every fifty, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - "Command the people of Israel, that they give to the Levites, from the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands round about the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all round.

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