Levi

Where the Bible names him

1. Genesis 29:34

   Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

2. Genesis 34:25

   Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

3. Genesis 34:30

   Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

4. Genesis 35:23

   The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

5. Genesis 46:11

   The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

6. Genesis 49:5

   Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

7. Exodus 1:2

   Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

8. Exodus 2:1

   Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,

9. Exodus 4:14

   Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

10. Exodus 6:16

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

11. Exodus 6:19

    The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

12. Exodus 6:25

    Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.

13. Exodus 32:26

    So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

14. Exodus 32:28

    The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.

15. Exodus 38:21

    This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

16. Leviticus 25:32

    As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.

17. Leviticus 25:33

    So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

18. Numbers 1:47

    The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

19. Numbers 1:49

    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

20. Numbers 1:50

    Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

21. Numbers 1:51

    Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.

22. Numbers 1:53

    But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

23. Numbers 2:17

    In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.

24. Numbers 2:33

    But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

25. Numbers 3:6

    “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

26. Numbers 3:9

    Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.

27. Numbers 3:12

    “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

28. Numbers 3:15

    “Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”

29. Numbers 3:17

    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

30. Numbers 3:20

    And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.

31. Numbers 3:32

    The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

32. Numbers 3:39

    The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.

33. Numbers 3:41

    You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

34. Numbers 3:45

    “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

35. Numbers 3:46

    To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,

36. Numbers 3:49

    So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.

37. Numbers 4:2

    “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,

38. Numbers 4:18

    “Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.

39. Numbers 4:46

    So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites

40. Numbers 7:5

    “Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”