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Levites

Meaning of “Levites”

Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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265 occurrences237 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 6:25

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Numbers 3:9
And thou shalt give the levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:9 · retained source text

And thou shalt giue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: they are wholly giuen vnto him out of the children of Israel.

Numbers 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the levites shall be mine;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:12 · retained source text

And I, behold, I haue taken the Leuites from among the children of Israel, in stead of all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel: therefore the Leuites shall be mine,

Numbers 3:20
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the levites according to the house of their fathers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:20 · retained source text

And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Leuites, according to the house of their fathers.

Numbers 3:32
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:32 · retained source text

And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest, shall be chiefe ouer the chiefe of the Leuites, and haue the ouersight of them that keepe the charge of the Sanctuary.

Numbers 3:39
All that were numbered of the levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:39 · retained source text

All that were numbred of the Leuites, which Moses and Aaron numbred at the commaundement of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a moneth old and vpward, were twenty and two thousand.

Numbers 3:41
And thou shalt take the levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:41 · retained source text

And thou shalt take the Leuites for me, (I am the LORD) in stead of all the first borne among the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites, in stead of all the firstlings among the cattell of the children of Israel.

Numbers 3:45
Take the levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the levites instead of their cattle; and the levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:45 · retained source text

Take the Leuites in stead of all the first borne among the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites in stead of their cattell, and the Leuites shalbe mine: I am the LORD.

Numbers 3:46
And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the levites;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:46 · retained source text

And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteene, of the first borne of the children of Israel, which are more then the Leuites;

Numbers 3:49
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the levites:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:49 · retained source text

And Moses tooke the redemption money, of them that were ouer and aboue them that were redeemed by the Leuites.

Numbers 4:18
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the levites:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 4:18 · retained source text

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites, from among the Leuites.

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