Levites
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Outline
- Set apart as ministers of religion — Numbers 1:47; Numbers 3:6; Numbers 16:9; Numbers 26:57; Deuteronomy 10:8; 1 Chronicles 15:2
- Substituted in the place of the firstborn children — Numbers 3:12; Numbers 3:41; Numbers 8:14; Numbers 8:16; Numbers 18:6
- Religious zeal of — Exodus 32:26; Deuteronomy 33:9; Deuteronomy 33:10; Malachi 2:4; Malachi 2:5
- Consecration of — Numbers 8:6
- Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron — Numbers 16; Numbers 20
- Three divisions of, each having the name of one of its progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari — Numbers 3:17
- Gershonites and their duties — Numbers 3:18; Numbers 4:23; Numbers 10:17
- The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priest — Numbers 4:28
- The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites — Numbers 3:27; Numbers 4:18
- Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priests — Exodus 28:1; Exodus 29:9; Numbers 3:38; Numbers 17:1; 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 service — Numbers 3:27; Numbers 4:2
- The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priest — Numbers 3:32; 1 Chronicles 9:20
- The Merarites — Numbers 3:20; Numbers 3:33; Numbers 4:31; Numbers 7:8; Numbers 10:17; 1 Chronicles 6:19; 1 Chronicles 6:29; 1 Chronicles 6:30; 1 Chronicles 23:21
- The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling high priest — Numbers 4:33
- Place of, in encampments and the march — Numbers 1:50; Numbers 2:17; Numbers 3:23
- Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan — Joshua 21
- Lodged in the chambers of the temple — 1 Chronicles 9:27; 1 Chronicles 9:33; Ezekiel 40:44
- Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem — Nehemiah 12:29
- When inducted into office — Numbers 4:3; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 4:47; Numbers 8:23; 1 Chronicles 23:3; 1 Chronicles 23:24; 1 Chronicles 23:27; Ezra 3:8
- When retired from office — Numbers 4:3; Numbers 4:47
- Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the march — Numbers 1:50; Numbers 3:6; Numbers 3:21; Numbers 4:1; Numbers 4:17; Numbers 8:19; Numbers 18:3
- Had charge of the temple — 1 Chronicles 9:27; 1 Chronicles 23:2; Ezra 8:24
- Carried the ark of the covenant — Deuteronomy 10:8; 1 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Chronicles 15:26; 1 Chronicles 15:27
- Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant — 1 Chronicles 16:4
- Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other offerings — 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Chronicles 26:28; 1 Chronicles 29:8; 2 Chronicles 24:5; 2 Chronicles 24:11; 2 Chronicles 31:11; 2 Chronicles 34:9; Ezra 8:29; Ezra 8:30; Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 12:44
- Prepared the shewbread — 1 Chronicles 23:28; 1 Chronicles 23:29
- Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice — 2 Chronicles 29:12; 2 Chronicles 35:1
- Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity — Ezra 6:20; Ezra 6:21
- Teachers of the law — Deuteronomy 33:10; 2 Chronicles 17:8; 2 Chronicles 17:9; 2 Chronicles 30:22; 2 Chronicles 35:3; Nehemiah 8:7; Malachi 2:6; Malachi 2:7
- Were judges — Deuteronomy 17:9; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:29; 2 Chronicles 19:8; Nehemiah 11:16
- Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service at Mount Gerizim — Deuteronomy 27:12; Joshua 8:33
- Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple — 1 Chronicles 23:2; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 3:9
- Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business — 1 Chronicles 23:29
- The list of those who returned from captivity — Ezra 2:40; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 8:16; Nehemiah 7:43; Nehemiah 12
- Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah — Nehemiah 10:9
- In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with suburbs were assigned to them — Numbers 35:2
- And — Numbers 26:62; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 12:19; Deuteronomy 14:27; Deuteronomy 18:1; Joshua 13:14; Joshua 14:3; Joshua 18:7; 1 Chronicles 6:54; 1 Chronicles 13:2; 2 Chronicles 23:2; Ezekiel 34:1
- Assigned to, by families — Joshua 21:4
- Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt — Leviticus 25:32
- Tithes and other offerings — Numbers 18:24; Numbers 18:26; Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 26:11; Joshua 13:14; Nehemiah 10:38; Nehemiah 10:39; Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 12:47
- First fruits — Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 12:47
- The plunder of war, including captives — Numbers 31:30; Numbers 31:42
- Tithes withheld from — Nehemiah 13:10; Malachi 3:10
- Pensioned — 2 Chronicles 31:16
- Owned lands — Deuteronomy 18:8
- Land allotted to, by Ezekiel — Ezekiel 48:13; Ezekiel 48:14
- Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai — Numbers 1:47; Numbers 2:33; Numbers 3:14; Numbers 4:2; Numbers 4:3; Numbers 26:57; 1 Chronicles 23:3
- Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam — 2 Chronicles 11:13; 2 Chronicles 13:9
- Loyal to the ruler — 2 Kings 11:7; 2 Chronicles 23:7
- Intermarried with Canaanites — Ezra 9:1; Ezra 9:2; Ezra 10:23; Ezra 10:24
- Exempt from enrollment for military duty — Numbers 1:47
- Subordinate to the sons of Aaron — Numbers 3:9; Numbers 8:19; Numbers 18:6
- Prophecies concerning — Jeremiah 33:18; Ezekiel 44:10; Malachi 3:3
- Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah — Zechariah 12:10
- John's vision concerning — Revelation 7:7
Topical outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897). The sub-headings are Nave's own.