מִשְׁפַּחַת בֵּית ל׳ Zc 12:1 3. c. often בְּנֵי(־)ל׳ Ex 32:2 6, 28 ( E ), Jos 21:10 ( P ), בְּנֵי(־)ל׳ with tribal ref. Nu 3:15 ; 4:2 ; 18:21 (charged with service of tabern., and hence to receive tithes; all P ); as priests הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי לֵוִי Dt 21: 5; 31:9 , cf. Mal 3: 3, and לֹא הָיוּ מִבְּנֵי ל׳ 1 K 12:3 1; from the בְּנֵי ל׳ the Zadokites are selected as priests Ez 40:46 ; according to 1 Ch 9:18 23:24 , 27 בְּנֵי ל׳ are subordinate officials in temple ( cf. v 28 f .), cf. 24:2 0; sharply disting. from priests Ezr 8:15 , Ne 12:23 ( cf. v 2 2); so also in later stratum of story of Korah’s revolt Nu 16:7 , 8 , 10 ( P ²). 2. as name of tribe, שֵׁבֶט ל׳ Dt 18:1 (priestly tribe), מַטֵּה ל׳ Nu 1:49 (in charge of tabern.), 3:6 ; 18:2 (ministers unto Aaron); לֵוִי alone = (tribe of) Levi Dt 27:12 ; 33:8 (earlier poem), Nu 26:58 ( P ), Ez 48:31 Mal 2:4 (priestly tribe, cf. v 1), 1 Ch 21:6 ; 27:17 ; מַטֵּה ל׳ = rod of (the tribe of) Levi Nu 17:18 ( P ) also (no inheritance, because charged with service of tabernacle) Dt 10:9 .

II . לֵוִי S 3878, 3881 TWOT 1093, 1093a GK 4290, 4291291 adj. gent. Levite ;— לֵוִי ^{, 40} times; pl. לְוִיִּם 250 times; sf. 1 pl. לְוִיֵּנוּ Ne 10: 1; —• 1. sg. of individual, אִישׁ ל׳ Ju 19:1 a certain Levite; pred. וְהוּא ל׳ Ju 17:1 and he was a Levite , so v 9; c. art. הַלּ׳ as subst. the Levite Ex 4:14 ( J ), Ju 17:10 , 11 , 12 , 13 (as priest), Dt 18:6 2 Ch 20:1 4; 31:12 , 14 , Ezr 10:15 ; הַנַּעַר הַלּ׳ Ju 18: 3, 15 ; הָאִישׁ הַלּ׳ 20: 4. Sg. usually • 2. c. art. הַלֵּוִי as subst. coll. the Levites: Ex 6:19 Nu 3:2 0, 32 ; 26:57 (all P ); 18:23 ( P ; charged with service of tabern.); especially D , Dt 12:12 , 18 , 19 ; 14:27 , 29 ; 16:1 , 14 ; 26:10 , 12 , 13 ; also 1 Ch 24:6 ; Mal 2:8 (as priestly tribe), שֵׁבֶט הַלּ׳ Dt 10:8 tribe of the Levites (set apart for service), cf. Jos 13:1 4, 33 1 Ch 23:1 4; בְּנֵי־הַלֵּוִי 1 Ch 12:27 ( van d. H. v 2 6) sons of the Levites (i.e. of the tribe); so Ne 10:40 (as tithe-collectors); בֵּית הַלֵּוִי ψ 135:20 house (family, tribe) of the Levites 3. pl. לְֽוִיִּם chiefly Chr and P ;—always c. art. הַֽלְוִיִּם except sf. לְוִיֵּנוּ Ne 10: 1; the art. is om. by ÖÉ and most in Is 66:21 ; always = subst. Levites; — 1. • a. earlier usage:— as bearing the ark 1 S 6:15 2 S 15:24 Dt 31:2 5, so (with priests) 1 K 8:4 = 2 Ch 5:5 ( ˜ הכהנים הַל׳ ; read prob. וְהַל׳ as in K , ÖãÉ cf. Öt V B); also 1 Ch 15:2 , 26 , 27 ; 23:26 2 Ch 5:4 (for הכהנים || 1 K 8: 3). • b. not disting. from priests by D : הַכֹּהֲנִים הַל׳ Dt 17: 9, 18 ; 18:1 ; 24:8 ; 27:9 , Jos 3:3 ; 8:33 (both D ; as bearing ark), also Je 33:18 , 21 ( הַל׳ הַכּ׳ ), Ez 43:19 ; 44:15 ; cf. Dt 18: 7; 27:14 Je 33:2 2; הַכּ׳ הַל׳ likewise 2 Ch 23:18 ; 30:27 (but read prob. וְהַל׳ after ÖãÉ , cf. Öt and infr. ) • c. as tribal designation, Ex 6:25 Nu 3:3 9; 4:18 , 46 Jos 21:1 (all P ), 1 Ch 9:33 , 34 ; 15:12 2 Ch 35:5 Ne 11:1 5, 16 ; 12:24 ; with ref. to share in land Lv

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