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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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First occurrence: Exodus 6:25

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Numbers 8:15
And after that shall the levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 8:15 · retained source text

And after that, shall the Leuites goe in; to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and thou shalt clense them, and offer them for an offering.

Numbers 8:18
And I have taken the levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 8:18 · retained source text

And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel.

Numbers 8:19
And I have given the levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 8:19 · retained source text

And I haue giuen the Leuites as a gift to Aaron, and to his sonnes, from among the children of Israel, to do the seruice of the children of Israel, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there bee no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh vnto the Sanctuarie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. giuen.

Numbers 8:20
And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the levites according unto all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 8:20 · retained source text

And Moses and Aaron, and all the Congregation of the children of Israel did to the Leuites according vnto all that the LORD commanded Moses, concerning the Leuites, so did the children of Israel vnto them.

Numbers 8:21
And the levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 8:21 · retained source text

And the Leuites were purified, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD, and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

Numbers 8:22
And after that went the levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the levites, so did they unto them.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 8:22 · retained source text

And after that, went the Leuites in, to do their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before Aaron and and before his sonnes: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Leuites, so did they vnto them.

Numbers 8:24
This is it that belongeth unto the levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 8:24 · retained source text

This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites: from twentie and fiue yeeres old, and vpward, they shall goe in to waite vpon the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to warre the warfare of &c.

Numbers 8:26
But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the levites touching their charge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 8:26 · retained source text

But shall minister with their brethren in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, to keepe the charge, and shall doe no seruice: thus shalt thou doe vnto the Leuites, touching their charge.

Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 18:6 · retained source text

And I, beholde, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from among the children of Israel: to you they are giuen as a gift for the LORD, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.45.

Numbers 18:23
But the levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:23 · retained source text

But the Leuites shall doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and they shal beare their iniquitie: it shall be a statute for euer throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they haue no inheritance.

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