Levi

• Birth of Levi
• Joseph sold to Egypt
• 7 years of famine
• Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

Levi (Person)

Father

Israel

Mother

Leah

Siblings

Asher· Benjamin· Dan· Dinah· Gad· Issachar· Joseph· Judah· Naphtali· Reuben· Simeon· Zebulun

Children

Gershon· Jochebed· Kohath· Merari

• Λευΐ·Levi
• Λευΐτης·Levi
• Λευϊτικός·Levi
• לֵוִי·Levi
• לֵוָי·Levi
• לֵוִי·Levi

Includes 64 verses that refer to Levi without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

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. Leviticus 25:34Referred to, not named
    But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
19. Numbers 1:47
    The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
20. Numbers 1:49
    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.”
24. 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.
25. Numbers 2:33
    But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
26. Numbers 3:6
    “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
27. Numbers 3:9
    Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
28. 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,
29. Numbers 3:13Referred to, not named
    …for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine; I am the LORD.”
30. Numbers 3:15
    “Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
31. Numbers 3:17
    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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.”
36. 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.
37. Numbers 3:46
    To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,
38. Numbers 3:48Referred to, not named
    Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the excess among the Israelites.”
39. Numbers 3:49
    So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.
40. Numbers 4:2
    “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
41. Numbers 4:18
    “Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.
42. Numbers 4:46
    So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites
43. Numbers 4:48Referred to, not named
    And the number of men was 8,580.
44. Numbers 4:49Referred to, not named
    At the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
45. 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.”
46. Numbers 7:6
    So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.
47. Numbers 8:6
    “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
48. Numbers 8:7Referred to, not named
    This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
49. Numbers 8:8Referred to, not named
    Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
50. Numbers 8:9
    Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
51. Numbers 8:10
    You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
52. Numbers 8:11
    Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
53. Numbers 8:12
    And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
54. Numbers 8:13
    You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
55. Numbers 8:14
    In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
56. Numbers 8:15
    After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
57. Numbers 8:16Referred to, not named
    For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
58. Numbers 8:18
    But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
59. Numbers 8:19
    And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”
60. Numbers 8:20
    So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
61. Numbers 8:21
    The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
62. Numbers 8:22
    After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
63. Numbers 8:24
    “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
64. Numbers 8:26
    After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”
65. Numbers 16:1
    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
66. Numbers 16:7
    …and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
67. Numbers 16:8
    Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!
68. Numbers 16:10
    He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.
69. Numbers 17:3
    …and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
70. Numbers 17:8
    The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.
71. Numbers 18:2
    But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.
72. Numbers 18:6
    Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
73. Numbers 18:21
    Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
74. Numbers 18:23
    The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
75. Numbers 18:24
    For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
76. Numbers 18:26
    “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
77. Numbers 18:27Referred to, not named
    Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
78. Numbers 18:28Referred to, not named
    So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
79. Numbers 18:29Referred to, not named
    You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
80. Numbers 18:30
    Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
81. Numbers 26:57
    Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
82. Numbers 26:58
    These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,
83. Numbers 26:59
    …and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
84. Numbers 31:30
    From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
85. Numbers 31:47
    From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
86. Numbers 35:2
    “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
87. Numbers 35:4
    The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
88. Numbers 35:6
    Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
89. Numbers 35:7
    The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
90. Numbers 35:8
    The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
91. Deuteronomy 10:8
    At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
92. Deuteronomy 10:9
    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
93. Deuteronomy 12:12
    And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
94. Deuteronomy 12:18
    Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
95. Deuteronomy 12:19
    …and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
96. Deuteronomy 14:27
    And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
97. Deuteronomy 14:29
    Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
98. Deuteronomy 16:11
    …and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
99. Deuteronomy 16:14
    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
100. Deuteronomy 17:9
     You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.