2 Chronicles 11:14
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2 Chronicles 11:14

for the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons refused to let them serve as priests of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 13:9

Didn’t you banish the priests of Yahweh, the descendants of Aaron and the Levites, and make your own priests like the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to ordain himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.

Numbers 35:2-5

“Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.

1 Kings 12:28-33

So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”

Leviticus 27:30-34

“Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

Numbers 18:21-28

“Look, I have given the Levites every tenth in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.

Joshua 21:20-42

The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath’s descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim.

1 Kings 13:33

After all this Jeroboam did not repent of his evil way but again set up priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.

1 Chronicles 6:66-81

Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:

Suburbs

Their possession

Jeroboam

General references

Bible References

Suburbs

Numbers 35:2
“Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.
Joshua 21:20
The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath’s descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim.
1 Chronicles 6:66
Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

Their possession

Leviticus 27:30
“Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
Numbers 18:21
“Look, I have given the Levites every tenth in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the work of the tent of meeting.

Jeroboam

2 Chronicles 13:9
Didn’t you banish the priests of Yahweh, the descendants of Aaron and the Levites, and make your own priests like the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to ordain himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.
1 Kings 12:28
So the king sought advice.

Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”
1 Kings 13:33
After all this Jeroboam did not repent of his evil way but again set up priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.

General references

Numbers 35:3
The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their other animals.

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