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Again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, since I have now borne him three sons”; that is why she named him Levi.
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On the third day, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah, each took his sword, advanced against the unsuspecting city and massacred all the males.
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Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: “You have brought trouble upon me by making me repugnant to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I have so few men that, if these people unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be wiped out.”
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The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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“Simeon and Levi, brothers indeed, weapons of violence are their knives.
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
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Chapter 2
Birth and Adoption of Moses. Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
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Then the Lord became angry with Moses and said: I know there is your brother, Aaron the Levite, who is a good speaker; even now he is on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will truly be glad.
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These are the names of the sons of Levi, in their genealogical order: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived one hundred and thirty-seven years.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi in their genealogical order.
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Eleazar, Aaron’s son, married one of Putiel’s daughters, who bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites by their clans.
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Moses stood at the gate of the camp and shouted, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me!” All the Levites then rallied to him,
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The Levites did as Moses had commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell.
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Amount of Metal Used. The following is an account of the various amounts used on the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant, drawn up at the command of Moses by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
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In levitical cities the Levites shall always have the right to redeem the houses in the cities that are in their possession.
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As for levitical property that goes unredeemed—houses sold in cities of their possession shall be released in the jubilee; for the houses in levitical cities are their possession in the midst of the Israelites.
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Levites Omitted in the Census. Now the Levites were not enrolled by their ancestral tribe with the others.
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The tribe of Levi alone you shall not enroll nor include in the census along with the other Israelites.
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You are to give the Levites charge of the tabernacle of the covenant with all its equipment and all that belongs to it. It is they who shall carry the tabernacle with all its equipment and who shall be its ministers; and they shall camp all around the tabernacle.
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When the tabernacle is to move on, the Levites shall take it down; when the tabernacle is to be pitched, it is the Levites who shall set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it shall be put to death.
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but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the covenant to ensure that God’s wrath will not fall upon the Israelite community. The Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the covenant.
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Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites shall set out in the midst of the divisions. As they camp, so also they will march, each in place, by their divisions.
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The Levites, however, were not enrolled with the other Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Levites in Place of the Firstborn. Now the Lord said to Moses: