From Nave’s Topical Bible

Levites

Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.

156
Passages listed
16
Books of the 66
1896
Nave's edition

How Nave’s arranged it

(The descendants of Levi)
Set apart as ministers of religionNumbers 1:47–54 Numbers 3:6–16 Numbers 16:9 Numbers 26:57–62 Deuteronomy 10:8 1 Chronicles 15:2
Substituted in the place of the firstborn childrenNumbers 3:12 Numbers 3:41–45 Numbers 8:14 Numbers 8:16–18 Numbers 18:6
Religious zeal ofExodus 32:26–28 Deuteronomy 33:9 Deuteronomy 33:10 Malachi 2:4 Malachi 2:5
Consecration ofNumbers 8:6–21
Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron with 4:19,20Numbers 16
Three divisions of, each having the name of one of its progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and MerariNumbers 3:17
Gershonites and their dutiesNumbers 3:18–26 Numbers 4:23–26 Numbers 10:17
The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priestNumbers 4:28
The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the UzzielitesNumbers 3:27 Numbers 4:18–20
Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priestsExodus 28:1 Exodus 29:9 Numbers 3:38 Numbers 17:1–4 Numbers 17:8 Numbers 18:1
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 serviceNumbers 3:27–32 Numbers 4:2–15

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The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priestNumbers 3:32 1 Chronicles 9:20
The MeraritesNumbers 3:20 Numbers 3:33–37 Numbers 4:31–33 Numbers 7:8 Numbers 10:17 1 Chronicles 6:19 1 Chronicles 6:29 1 Chronicles 6:30 1 Chronicles 23:21–23
The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling high priestNumbers 4:33
Place of, in encampments and the marchNumbers 1:50–53 Numbers 2:17 Numbers 3:23–35
Cities assigned to, in the land of CanaanJoshua 21
Lodged in the chambers of the temple1 Chronicles 9:27 1 Chronicles 9:33 Ezekiel 40:44
Resided also in villages outside of JerusalemNehemiah 12:29
Age of
When inducted into officeNumbers 4:3 Numbers 4:30 Numbers 4:47 Numbers 8:23–26 1 Chronicles 23:3 1 Chronicles 23:24 1 Chronicles 23:27 Ezra 3:8
When retired from officeNumbers 4:3 Numbers 4:47
Functions of
Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the marchNumbers 1:50–53 Numbers 3:6–9 Numbers 3:21–37 Numbers 4:1–15 Numbers 4:17–49 Numbers 8:19 Numbers 18:3–6
Had charge of the temple1 Chronicles 9:27–29 1 Chronicles 23:2–32 Ezra 8:24–34
Carried the ark of the covenantDeuteronomy 10:8 1 Chronicles 15:2 1 Chronicles 15:26 1 Chronicles 15:27
Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant1 Chronicles 16:4
Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other offerings1 Chronicles 9:26–29 1 Chronicles 26:28 1 Chronicles 29:8 2 Chronicles 24:5 2 Chronicles 24:11 2 Chronicles 31:11–19 2 Chronicles 34:9 Ezra 8:29 Ezra 8:30 Ezra 8:33 Nehemiah 12:44
Prepared the shewbread1 Chronicles 23:28 1 Chronicles 23:29
Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice2 Chronicles 29:12–36 2 Chronicles 35:1–18
Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivityEzra 6:20 Ezra 6:21
Teachers of the lawDeuteronomy 33:10 2 Chronicles 17:8 2 Chronicles 17:9 2 Chronicles 30:22 2 Chronicles 35:3 Nehemiah 8:7–13 Malachi 2:6 Malachi 2:7
Were judgesDeuteronomy 17:9 1 Chronicles 23:4 1 Chronicles 26:29 2 Chronicles 19:8–11 Nehemiah 11:16
See Judges
(Were scribes of the sacred books)
See Scribes
Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service at Mount GerizimDeuteronomy 27:12 Joshua 8:33
Were porters of the doors
See Porters
Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple1 Chronicles 23:2–4 Ezra 3:8 Ezra 3:9
Were musicians of the temple service
See Music
Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business1 Chronicles 23:29
The list of those who returned from captivityEzra 2:40–63 Ezra 7:7 Ezra 8:16–20 Nehemiah 7:43–73 Nehemiah 12
Sealed the covenant with NehemiahNehemiah 10:9–28
Profits from
In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with suburbs were assigned to them with 18:24Numbers 35:2–8
AndNumbers 26:62 Deuteronomy 10:9 Deuteronomy 12:12 Deuteronomy 12:18 Deuteronomy 12:19 Deuteronomy 14:27–29 Deuteronomy 18:1–8 Joshua 13:14 Joshua 14:3 Joshua 18:7 1 Chronicles 6:54–81 1 Chronicles 13:2 2 Chronicles 23:2 Ezekiel 34:1–5
Assigned to, by familiesJoshua 21:4–40
Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debtLeviticus 25:32–34
Tithes and other offeringsNumbers 18:24 Numbers 18:26–32 Deuteronomy 18:1–8 Deuteronomy 26:11–13 Joshua 13:14 Nehemiah 10:38 Nehemiah 10:39 Nehemiah 12:44 Nehemiah 12:47
First fruitsNehemiah 12:44 Nehemiah 12:47
The plunder of war, including captivesNumbers 31:30 Numbers 31:42–47
See Tithes
Tithes withheld fromNehemiah 13:10–13 Malachi 3:10
Pensioned2 Chronicles 31:16–18
Owned lands withDeuteronomy 18:8 1 Kings 2:26
Land allotted to, by EzekielEzekiel 48:13 Ezekiel 48:14
Enrollment of, at Mount SinaiNumbers 1:47–49 Numbers 2:33 Numbers 3:14–39 Numbers 4:2 Numbers 4:3 Numbers 26:57–62 1 Chronicles 23:3–5
Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam2 Chronicles 11:13–17 2 Chronicles 13:9–11
Loyal to the ruler2 Kings 11:7–11 2 Chronicles 23:7
Intermarried with CanaanitesEzra 9:1 Ezra 9:2 Ezra 10:23 Ezra 10:24
Exempt from enrollment for military duty withNumbers 1:47–54 1 Chronicles 12:26
Subordinate to the sons of AaronNumbers 3:9 Numbers 8:19 Numbers 18:6
Prophecies concerningJeremiah 33:18 Ezekiel 44:10–14 Malachi 3:3
Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the MessiahZechariah 12:10–13
John's vision concerningRevelation 7:7

The passages, in Bible order (156)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

Exodus 28:1
“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
Commentary on Exodus 28:12 voices
And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(Compare Exo. 39:1-31.) Moses is now commanded to commit all that pertains to the offerings made to the Lord in the sanctuary to the exclusive charge of the members of a single family, who were to hold their office from generation to generation. In the patriarchal times, the external rites of worship had generally been conducted by the head of the tribe or family, in accordance with the principle involved in the dedication of the firstborn Exo 13:2; Num 3:12-
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
Everything gathered on Exodus 28:1→
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Exodus 29:9
Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
Commentary on Exodus 29:91 voice
And thou shalt gird them with girdles (Aaron and his sons),....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Everything gathered on Exodus 29:9→
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Exodus 32:26–28
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.
Commentary on Exodus 32:26–282 voices
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Who is on the Lords side? - That is, Who among you is free from this transgression? And all the sons of Levi, etc. - It seems they had no part in this idolatrous business.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
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Leviticus 25:32–34
As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.
Commentary on Leviticus 25:32–341 voice
Notwithstanding, the cities of the Levites,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Numbers 1:47–54
The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
Commentary on Numbers 1:47–542 voices
But the Levites,.... The tribe of Levi were excepted from this muster, they being employed in a kind of warfare, and therefore not to be engaged in another: after the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them: the rest of the tribes; the reason follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
When a census of the tribe of Levi takes place. Num 3:15; Num 26:62, all the males are counted from a month old and upward, and not, as in the other tribes, those only who were of age for service in the field. Num 1:48 had spoken - Render spake. The formal appointment is only now made, in reward for their zeal Exo 32:26-29, though reference to their future office appears previously in Lev 25:32 ff, and they had already acted as assistants to the priests (compare Exo 38:21).
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
Everything gathered on Numbers 1:47–54→
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Numbers 1:50–53
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.
Commentary on Numbers 1:50–531 voice
But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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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.
Commentary on Numbers 2:171 voice
Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites,.... Which reached four miles, according to the Targum of Jonathan, as did Judah's.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Numbers 2:33
But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Commentary on Numbers 2:332 voices
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel,.... At this time, not among the Israelites, but by themselves, they being a camp of themselves: as the Lord commanded Moses; Num 1:48.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
We gather from the book of Numbers that there may be something greater than Israel too. For there the whole of Israel is numbered and reckoned in twelve tribes, as under a fixed number. But the tribe of Levi, being of greater eminence than the others, is accounted extra to this number and never thought of as being one of Israel's number [of twelve].
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS, PROLOGUE, 253Patristic
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Numbers 3:6–16
“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
Commentary on Numbers 3:6–161 voice
Bring the tribe of Levi near,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Numbers 3:9
Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
Commentary on Numbers 3:91 voice
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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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,
Commentary on Numbers 3:122 voices
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
I have taken the Levites - instead of all the first-born - The Levites are taken for the service of the sanctuary in place of the first-born. The first-born were dedicated to God in commemoration of his slaying the first-born of the Egyptians, and preserving those of the Israelites. Even the cattle of the Levites were taken in place of the first-born of the cattle of the rest of the tribes. See Num 3:
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
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Numbers 3:14–39
Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Commentary on Numbers 3:14–391 voice
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,.... At the same time he gave the order, and made the declaration before mentioned, and in the place where now the children of Israel were, and from whence they shortly removed: saying; as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Numbers 3:17
These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Commentary on Numbers 3:171 voice
And these were the sons of Levi, by their names,.... The immediate offspring and descendants of that patriarch: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; these went down with him into Egypt, Gen 46:11.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Numbers 3:18–26
These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
Commentary on Numbers 3:18–261 voice
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families,.... Or to Gershon belonged two families, called after the names of his sons, who were now numbered, namely: Libni and Shimei; and who are elsewhere mentioned as his sons, Exo 6:17; and from hence were the families of the Libnites and Shimites, as in Num 3:21.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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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.
Commentary on Numbers 3:201 voice
And the sons, of Merari, by their families,.... The third son of Levi: Mahli and Mushi; the same as in Exo 6:19; from whom were denominated the families of the Mahlites and Mushites, who, as the preceding families, were numbered at this time: these are the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers; in all eight families.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Numbers 3:21–37
From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
Commentary on Numbers 3:21–371 voice
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites,.... The first son of Levi: these are the family of the Gershonites; that were now, numbered.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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