Quotes about Levites

On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.

For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.

The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim

In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.