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;(The descendants of Levi)<br />
;Set apart as ministers of religion<br />
:Nu 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; De 10:8; 1Ch 15:2<br />
;Substituted in the place of the firstborn children<br />
:Nu 3:12,41-45; 8:14,16-18; 18:6<br />
;Religious zeal of<br />
:Ex 32:26-28; De 33:9,10; Mal 2:4,5<br />
;Consecration of<br />
:Nu 8:6-21<br />
;Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron<br />
:Nu 16; with 4:19,20<br />
;Three divisions of, each having the name of one of its progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari<br />
:Nu 3:17<br />
;Gershonites and their duties<br />
:Nu 3:18-26; 4:23-26; 10:17<br />
;The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priest<br />
:Nu 4:28<br />
;The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites<br />
:Nu 3:27; 4:18-20<br />
;Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priests<br />
:Ex 28:1; 29:9; Nu 3:38; 17:1-4,8; 18:1<br />
;The remaining families appointed to take charge of the ark of the covenant, table, lampstand, altars, and vessels of the sanctuary, the hangings, and all the service<br />
:Nu 3:27-32; 4:2-15<br />
;The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priest<br />
:Nu 3:32; 1Ch 9:20<br />
;The Merarites<br />
:Nu 3:20,33-37; 4:31-33; 7:8; 10:17; 1Ch 6:19,29,30; 23:21-23<br />
;The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling high priest<br />
:Nu 4:33<br />
;Place of, in encampments and the march<br />
:Nu 1:50-53; 2:17; 3:23-35<br />
;Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan<br />
:Jos 21<br />
;Lodged in the chambers of the temple<br />
:1Ch 9:27,33; Eze 40:44<br />
;Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem<br />
:Ne 12:29<br />
;Age of<br />
:When inducted into office <br />
:: Nu 4:3,30,47; 8:23-26; 1Ch 23:3,24,27; Ezr 3:8 <br />
:When retired from office <br />
:: Nu 4:3,47<br />
;Functions of<br />
:Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the march <br />
:: Nu 1:50-53; 3:6-9,21-37; 4:1-15,17-49; 8:19; 18:3-6 <br />
:Had charge of the temple <br />
:: 1Ch 9:27-29; 23:2-32; Ezr 8:24-34<br />
;Carried the ark of the covenant<br />
:De 10:8; 1Ch 15:2,26,27<br />
;Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant<br />
:1Ch 16:4<br />
;Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other offerings<br />
:1Ch 9:26-29; 26:28; 29:8; 2Ch 24:5,11; 31:11-19; 34:9; Ezr 8:29,30,33; Ne 12:44<br />
;Prepared the shewbread<br />
:1Ch 23:28,29<br />
;Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice<br />
:2Ch 29:12-36; 35:1-18<br />
;Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity<br />
:Ezr 6:20,21<br />
;Teachers of the law<br />
:De 33:10; 2Ch 17:8,9; 30:22; 35:3; Ne 8:7-13; Mal 2:6,7<br />
;Were judges<br />
:De 17:9; 1Ch 23:4; 26:29; 2Ch 19:8-11; Ne 11:16<br />
;See [[JUDGES]]<br />
;(Were scribes of the sacred books)<br />
;See [[SCRIBES]]<br />
;Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service at Mount Gerizim<br />
:De 27:12; Jos 8:33<br />
;Were porters of the doors<br />
;See [[PORTERS]]<br />
;Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple<br />
:1Ch 23:2-4; Ezr 3:8,9<br />
;Were musicians of the temple service<br />
;See [[MUSIC]]<br />
;Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business<br />
:1Ch 23:29<br />
;The list of those who returned from captivity<br />
:Ezr 2:40-63; 7:7; 8:16-20; Ne 7:43-73; 12<br />
;Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah<br />
:Ne 10:9-28<br />
;Profits from<br />
:In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with suburbs were assigned to them <br />
:: Nu 35:2-8; with 18:24 <br />
:And <br />
:: Nu 26:62; De 10:9; 12:12,18,19; 14:27-29; 18:1-8; Jos 13:14; 14:3; 18:7; 1Ch 6:54-81; 13:2; 2Ch 23:2; Eze 34:1-5<br />
;Assigned to, by families<br />
:Jos 21:4-40<br />
;Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt<br />
:Le 25:32-34<br />
;Tithes and other offerings<br />
:Nu 18:24,26-32; De 18:1-8; 26:11-13; Jos 13:14; Ne 10:38,39; 12:44,47<br />
;First fruits<br />
:Ne 12:44,47<br />
;The plunder of war, including captives<br />
:Nu 31:30,42-47<br />
;See [[TITHES]]<br />
;Tithes withheld from<br />
:Ne 13:10-13; Mal 3:10<br />
;Pensioned<br />
:2Ch 31:16-18<br />
;Owned lands<br />
:De 18:8; with 1Ki 2:26<br />
;Land allotted to, by Ezekiel<br />
:Eze 48:13,14<br />
;Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai<br />
:Nu 1:47-49; 2:33; 3:14-39; 4:2,3; 26:57-62; 1Ch 23:3-5<br />
;Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam<br />
:2Ch 11:13-17; 13:9-11<br />
;Loyal to the ruler<br />
:2Ki 11:7-11; 2Ch 23:7<br />
;Intermarried with Canaanites<br />
:Ezr 9:1,2; 10:23,24<br />
;Exempt from enrollment for military duty<br />
:Nu 1:47-54; with 1Ch 12:26<br />
;Subordinate to the sons of Aaron<br />
:Nu 3:9; 8:19; 18:6<br />
;Prophecies concerning<br />
:Jer 33:18; Eze 44:10-14; Mal 3:3<br />
;Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah<br />
:Zec 12:10-13<br />
;John's vision concerning<br />
:Re 7:7<br />
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