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
The appointment was a special act of God's sovereignty, so that there could be no ground for popular umbrage by the selection of Aaron's family, with whom the office was inalienably established and continued in unbroken succession till the introduction of the Christian era.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
(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.
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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
Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said--The camp is supposed to have been protected by a rampart after the attack of the Amalekites. Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me--The zeal and courage of Moses was astonishing, considering he opposed an intoxicated mob.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
The interest of sin and wickedness is the devil's interest, and all wicked people side with that interest; the interest of truth and holiness is God's interest, with which all godly people side; and it is a case that will not admit a neutrality.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
Everything gathered on Exodus 32:26–28→
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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
A certain portion of the lands surrounding the Levitical cities was appropriated to them for the pasturage of their cattle and flocks (Nu 35:4, 5). This was a permanent endowment for the support of the ministry and could not be alienated for any time.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
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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 1:47–541 voice
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
The tabernacle of testimony - So called here, and Exod. xxxviii, 21, because it was made chiefly for the sake of the ark of the testimony, which is often called the testimony.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
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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 2:172 voices
The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp of the Levites around it (see on Nu 3:38), formed the center, as does the chief's in the encampment of all nomad people. In marching, this order was adhered to, with some necessary variations. Judah led the way, followed, it is most probable, by Issachar and Zebulun [Nu 10:14-16].
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
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
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, PROLOGUEPatristic
Such was the ideal form of the encampment in the wilderness: a form reproduced in the square court with which the temple was eventually surrounded, and in the vision of the heavenly city as seen by Ezekiel Eze 48:20, and by John (Rev 21:16; compare Rev 20:9). Thus the camp of God’s earthly people was divinely ordered so as to set forth the completeness of His Church; and to illustrate by its whole arrangement, which was determined by the tabernacle in the center, both the dependance of all on God, and the access which all enjoyed to God.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
Everything gathered on Numbers 2:33→
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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 - The original word הקרב hakreb is properly a sacrificial word, and signifies the presenting of a sacrifice or offering to the Lord. As an offering, the tribe of Levi was given up entirely to the service of the sanctuary, to be no longer their own, but the Lord’s property.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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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
There was a great deal of work belonging to the priests' office, and there were now only three pairs of hands to do it all, Aaron's and his two sons'; for it does not appear that they had either of them any children at this time, at least not any that were of age to minister, therefore God appoints the Levites to attend upon them.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
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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 3:121 voice
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 BibleEvangelical
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Numbers 3:14–39
Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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Numbers 3:17
These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Numbers 3:18–26
These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
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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.
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Numbers 3:21–37
From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
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