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 -(The descendants of Levi)
 -Set apart as ministers of religion
     NU 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; DE 10:8; 1CH 15:2 

 -Substituted in the place of the firstborn children
     NU 3:12,41-45; 8:14,16-18; 18:6 

 -Religious zeal of
     EX 32:26-28; DE 33:9,10; MAL 2:4,5 

 -Consecration of
     NU 8:6-21 

 -Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on
  account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron
     NU 16; with 4:19,20

 -Three divisions of, each having the name of one of its
  progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
     NU 3:17 

 -Gershonites and their duties
     NU 3:18-26; 4:23-26; 10:17 

 -The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of
  the ruling high priest
     NU 4:28 

 -The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites,
  the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites
     NU 3:27; 4:18-20 

 -Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as
  priests
     EX 28:1; 29:9; NU 3:38; 17:1-4,8; 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 service
     NU 3:27-32; 4:2-15 

 -The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling
  high priest
     NU 3:32; 1CH 9:20 

 -The Merarites
     NU 3:20,33-37; 4:31-33; 7:8; 10:17; 1CH 6:19,29,30;
    23:21-23 

 -The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling
  high priest
     NU 4:33 

 -Place of, in encampments and the march
     NU 1:50-53; 2:17; 3:23-35 

 -Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan
     JOS 21 

 -Lodged in the chambers of the temple
     1CH 9:27,33; EZE 40:44 

 -Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem
     NE 12:29 

 -Age of
   .When inducted into office
       NU 4:3,30,47; 8:23-26; 1CH 23:3,24,27; EZR 3:8 
   .When retired from office
       NU 4:3,47 

 -Functions of
   .Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the
    march
       NU 1:50-53; 3:6-9,21-37; 4:1-15,17-49; 8:19; 18:3-6 
   .Had charge of the temple
       1CH 9:27-29; 23:2-32; EZR 8:24-34 

 -Carried the ark of the covenant
     DE 10:8; 1CH 15:2,26,27 

 -Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant
     1CH 16:4 

 -Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other
  offerings
     1CH 9:26-29; 26:28; 29:8; 2CH 24:5,11; 31:11-19; 34:9; EZR
    29 8:29,30,33; NE 12:44 

 -Prepared the shewbread
     1CH 23:28,29 

 -Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice
     2CH 29:12-36; 35:1-18 

 -Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity
     EZR 6:20,21 

 -Teachers of the law
     DE 33:10; 2CH 17:8,9; 30:22; 35:3; NE 8:7-13; MAL 2:6,7 

 -Were judges
     DE 17:9; 1CH 23:4; 26:29; 2CH 19:8-11; NE 11:16 

 -See JUDGES
    ¯ 2875

 -(Were scribes of the sacred books)
 -See SCRIBES
    ¯ 4283

 -Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service
  at Mount Gerizim
     DE 27:12; JOS 8:33 

 -Were porters of the doors
 -See PORTERS
    ¯ 3925

 -Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple
     1CH 23:2-4; EZR 3:8,9 

 -Were musicians of the temple service
 -See MUSIC
    ¯ 3466

 -Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business
     1CH 23:29 

 -The list of those who returned from captivity
     EZR 2:40-63; 7:7; 8:16-20; NE 7:43-73; 12 

 -Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
     NE 10:9-28 

 -Profits from
   .In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with
    suburbs were assigned to them
       NU 35:2-8; with 24 18:24 
   .And
       NU 26:62; DE 10:9; 12:12,18,19; 14:27-29; 18:1-8; JOS
      14 13:14; 14:3; 18:7; 1CH 6:54-81; 13:2; 2CH 23:2; EZE
      1 34:1-5 

 -Assigned to, by families
     JOS 21:4-40 

 -Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt
     LE 25:32-34 

 -Tithes and other offerings
     NU 18:24,26-32; DE 18:1-8; 26:11-13; JOS 13:14; NE
    38 10:38,39; 12:44,47 

 -First fruits
     NE 12:44,47 

 -The plunder of war, including captives
     NU 31:30,42-47 

 -See TITHES
    ¯ 4937

 -Tithes withheld from
     NE 13:10-13; MAL 3:10 

 -Pensioned
     2CH 31:16-18 

 -Owned lands
     DE 18:8; with 1KI 2:26 

 -Land allotted to, by Ezekiel
     EZE 48:13,14 

 -Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai
     NU 1:47-49; 2:33; 3:14-39; 4:2,3; 26:57-62; 1CH 23:3-5 

 -Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam
     2CH 11:13-17; 13:9-11 

 -Loyal to the ruler
     2KI 11:7-11; 2CH 23:7 

 -Intermarried with Canaanites
     EZR 9:1,2; 10:23,24 

 -Exempt from enrollment for military duty
     NU 1:47-54; with 1CH 12:26 

 -Subordinate to the sons of Aaron
     NU 3:9; 8:19; 18:6 

 -Prophecies concerning
     JER 33:18; EZE 44:10-14; MAL 3:3 

 -Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah
     Z10 EC 12:10-13 

 -John's vision concerning
     RE 7:7