Bible Cross References
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
Numbers 1:49-53
49
See, you shall not muster the tribe of Levi, and you shall not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel.
50
And you shall set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
51
And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger that advances [to touch it] die.
52
And the children of Israel shall encamp, every man in his own order, and every man according to his company, with their army.
53
But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and [so] there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 2:17
And [then] the tabernacle of witness shall be set forward, and the camp of the Levites [shall be] between the camps; as they shall encamp, so also shall they commence their march, each one next in order to his fellow according to their companies.
Numbers 2:33
But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 8:6-15
6
Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and you shall purify them.
7
And thus shall you perform their purification: you shall sprinkle them with the water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.
8
And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its grain offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and you shall take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin offering.
9
And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and you shall assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.
10
And you shall bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
11
And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel; and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.
12
And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and you shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.
13
And you shall set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and you shall give them as a gift before the Lord.
14
And you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be Mine.
15
And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and you shall purify them, and present them before the Lord.
Numbers 8:22-26
22
And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24
This is the [ordinance] for the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.
25
And from fifty years old [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.
26
And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep the charges, but he shall not do the works: so shall you do to the Levites in their charges.
Numbers 16:9-11
9
Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to Himself to minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the tabernacle to minister for them?
10
And He has brought you near and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you, and do you seek to be priests also?
11
Thus [it is with] you and all your congregation which is gathered together against God: and who is Aaron, that you murmur against him?
Numbers 18:2-6
2
And take to yourself your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the family of your father, and let them be joined to you, and let them minister to you; and you and your sons with you [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness.
3
And they shall keep your charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die.
4
And they shall be joined to you, and shall keep the charges of the tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger shall not approach to you.
5
And you shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of the altar, and [so] there shall not be anger among the children of Israel.
6
And I have taken your brothers the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.
Exodus 32:26-29
26
then Moses stood at the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? Let him come to me. Then all the sons of Levi came to him.
27
And he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Let every man put his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his neighbor, and every man that is nearest to him.
28
And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the [number of] three thousand men.
29
And Moses said to them, You have filled your hands this day to the Lord, each one on his son or on his brother, so that blessing should be given to you.
Deuteronomy 33:8
And to Levi he said, [Let] Levi give his manifestations and his truth to the holy One, whom they tempted in the temptation; they reviled Him at the Water of Strife.
Deuteronomy 33:9
Who says to his father and mother, I have not seen you; and he knew not his brethren, and he refused to know his sons; he kept Your oracles, and observed Your covenant.
Malachi 2:4
And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant might be with the sons of Levi, says the Lord Almighty.