Levi

לֵוִיΛευΐ

Levi, son of Jacob and Leah, was the progenitor of the Levites, the priestly tribe of Israel.

IllustrationNumbers 8A communal consecration: Israel lays hands on the Levites, Aaron presents them, and two bulls receive the Levites' hands for their service.

verses: 329
first named: Genesis 29:34
last named: Revelation 7:7
period: the Patriarchs
tribe: Levi

Description

Who was Levi?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Levi was the third son of Israel (or 'Jacob') and Leah (Gen.29.34). Along with his brother Simeon, he took revenge on the Shechemites for the rape of their sister Dinah (Gen.34.25-31). Jacob rebuked them for this act on his deathbed (Gen.49.5-7). Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari (Gen.46.11; Exo.6.16). His descendants, the Levites, were set apart as the priestly tribe (Exo.32.26-29; Num.3.5-13). They were responsible for the tabernacle and its services (Num.1.47-54; 3.14-39; 4.1-49; 8.5-26). The Levites were given cities throughout Israel, but no territorial inheritance (Num.35.1-8; Jos.21.1-42). Notable Levites include Moses, Aaron, and Samuel. The Levites are frequently mentioned in the historical and prophetic books of the Old Testament, as well as in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles. In the New Testament, Levites are mentioned in connection with the temple and its services (Luk.10.32; Jhn.1.19; Act.4.36). The Levitical priesthood is contrasted with the superior priesthood of Christ (Heb.7.1-28).

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

The 10 best-attested of 83 are drawn. All 83 are listed below.

Associated with

Sibling of

Asherregistry, no verse
Benjaminregistry, no verse
Danregistry, no verse
DinahregistryGenesis 34:25
Gadregistry, no verse
Issacharregistry, no verse
Josephregistry, no verse
Judahregistry, no verse
Naphtaliregistry, no verse
Reubenregistry, no verse
Simeonregistry, no verse
Zebulunregistry, no verse

Took part in

Stands in the same events as

Israel38 events
Moses24 events
Priest17 events
Jerusalem14 events
Judah10 events
David9 events
Hezekiah9 events
Simeon9 events
LORD8 events
Aaron8 events
Benjamin7 events
People5 events

and 199 more, ordered by how many events they share.

Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

the PatriarchsAll 7 places the claims about Levi reach

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 329, across 25 books. The name is written 361 times in them.

Genesis6 verses
29:34 34:25 34:30 35:23 46:11 49:5
Exodus9 verses
1:2 2:1 4:14 6:16 6:19 6:25 32:26 32:28 38:21
Leviticus2 verses
25:32 25:33
Numbers62 verses
1:47 1:49 1:50 1:51 1:53 2:17 2:33 3:6 3:9 3:12 3:15 3:17 3:20 3:32 3:39 3:41 3:45 3:46 3:49 4:2 4:18 4:46 7:5 7:6 8:6 8:9 8:10 8:11 8:12 8:13 8:14 8:15 8:18 8:19 8:20 8:21 8:22 8:24 8:26 16:1 16:7 16:8 16:10 17:3 17:8 18:2 18:6 18:21 18:23 18:24 18:26 18:30 26:57 26:58 26:59 31:30 31:47 35:2 35:4 35:6 35:7 35:8
Deuteronomy25 verses
10:8 10:9 12:12 12:18 12:19 14:27 14:29 16:11 16:14 17:9 17:18 18:1 18:6 18:7 21:5 24:8 26:11 26:12 26:13 27:9 27:12 27:14 31:9 31:25 33:8
Joshua17 verses
3:3 8:33 13:14 13:33 14:3 14:4 18:7 21:1 21:3 21:4 21:8 21:10 21:20 21:27 21:34 21:40 21:41
Judges10 verses
17:7 17:9 17:10 17:11 17:12 17:13 18:3 18:15 19:1 20:4
1 Samuel1 verse
6:15
2 Samuel1 verse
15:24
1 Kings2 verses
8:4 12:31
1 Chronicles47 verses
2:1 6:1 6:16 6:19 6:38 6:43 6:47 6:48 6:64 9:2 9:14 9:18 9:26 9:31 9:33 9:34 12:26 13:2 15:2 15:4 15:11 15:12 15:14 15:15 15:16 15:17 15:22 15:26 15:27 16:4 21:6 23:2 23:3 23:6 23:14 23:24 23:26 23:27 24:6 24:20 24:30 24:31 26:17 26:20 27:17 28:13 28:21
2 Chronicles59 verses
5:4 5:5 5:12 7:6 8:14 8:15 11:13 11:14 13:9 13:10 17:8 19:8 19:11 20:14 20:19 23:2 23:4 23:6 23:7 23:8 23:18 24:5 24:6 24:11 29:4 29:5 29:12 29:16 29:25 29:26 29:30 29:34 30:15 30:16 30:17 30:21 30:22 30:25 30:27 31:2 31:4 31:9 31:12 31:14 31:17 31:19 34:9 34:12 34:13 34:30 35:3 35:5 35:8 35:9 35:10 35:11 35:14 35:15 35:18
Ezra23 verses
1:5 2:40 2:70 3:8 3:9 3:10 3:12 6:16 6:18 6:20 7:7 7:13 7:24 8:15 8:18 8:20 8:29 8:30 8:33 9:1 10:5 10:15 10:23
Nehemiah39 verses
3:17 7:1 7:43 7:73 8:7 8:9 8:11 8:13 9:4 9:5 9:38 10:9 10:28 10:34 10:37 10:38 10:39 11:3 11:15 11:16 11:18 11:20 11:22 11:36 12:1 12:8 12:22 12:23 12:24 12:27 12:30 12:44 12:47 13:5 13:10 13:13 13:22 13:29 13:30
Psalms1 verse
135:20
Isaiah1 verse
66:21
Jeremiah3 verses
33:18 33:21 33:22
Ezekiel10 verses
40:46 43:19 44:10 44:15 45:5 48:11 48:12 48:13 48:22 48:31
Zechariah1 verse
12:13
Malachi3 verses
2:4 2:8 3:3
Luke1 verse
10:32
John1 verse
1:19
Acts1 verse
4:36
Hebrews3 verses
7:5 7:9 7:11
Revelation1 verse
7:7

Onward

Where this page goes

Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

via Levitical Heads, Levi, David, Elders Of Israel, Commanders Of Thousands, and Israel’s bringing of Ark Of God and Moses, Aaron, Dan Eligible, Asher Eligible, Naphtali Eligible, and Israelites Eligible’s census of Army, Israel Army, Man, Congregation, Male, Dan Eligible, Naphtali Eligible, and Israelites Eligible, and 15 moreMosesProphet who led Israel out of Egypt via Narrator’s appointment of Gatekeeper, Singer, Levi, and Hanani and Artaxerxes’ granting, and 6 moreJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions via Israel’s giving of Pastureland and Israel’s giving of Levite Cities and Levite Pasturelands, and 3 moreGivingGiving is a concept gathering 561 labelled instances in the text.via Merari and Eder, and 3 moreMushiA Levite, son of Merari, and head of a clan.via Hezekiah and People Living Jerusalem’s contribution of Jerusalem and Contribution and Hilkiah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Conaniah, Shemaiah, Nethanel, Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad’s contribution, and 3 morePriestPriest is a concept gathering 93 labelled instances in the text.via Levitical Heads, Levi, David, Elders Of Israel, Commanders Of Thousands, and Israel’s bringing of Ark Of God and Joab and David’s command of Israel, and 2 moreDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ via Hezekiah and People Living Jerusalem’s contribution of Jerusalem and Contribution and Hezekiah, Levi, and Priests’ stationing of Levi, and 1 moreHezekiahA righteous king of Judah.via Moses’ taking of Levi and Firstborn and Taking of Levi and LivestockTakingTaking is a concept gathering 334 labelled instances in the text.via Moses, Aaron, Dan Eligible, Asher Eligible, Naphtali Eligible, and Israelites Eligible’s census of Army, Israel Army, Man, Congregation, Male, Dan Eligible, Naphtali Eligible, and Israelites Eligible and Moses and Aaron’s numbering of Tribe Of Levi, Male, and Levi, and 1 moreFamilyFamily is a concept gathering 39 labelled instances in the text.

Where they appear

Chapter by chapter

Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

37 more chapters, from Deuteronomy 16 to Hebrews 7

Sources

What this rests on

STEPBible TIPNR Levi@Gen.29.34-Rev=H3878

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