'Sons of Levi' in the Bible

And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And these are the names of the sons of Levi, as to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi are a hundred and thirty and seven years.

and Moses standeth in the gate of the camp, and saith, 'Who is for Jehovah? -- unto me!' and all the sons of Levi are gathered unto him;

And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there fall of the people on that day about three thousand men,

'Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward thou dost number them.'

And these are sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

'Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers;

and put in them fire, and put on them perfume, before Jehovah to-morrow, and it hath been, the man whom Jehovah chooseth, he is the holy one; -- enough of you, sons of Levi.'

And Moses saith unto Korah, 'Hear ye, I pray you, sons of Levi;

yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee -- and ye have sought also the priesthood!

and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving -- the service of the tent of meeting.

And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh -- for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke --

And Moses writeth this law, and giveth it unto the priests (sons of Levi, those bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah), and unto all the elders of Israel,

and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;

And he maketh the house of high places, and maketh priests of the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;

Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

Of the sons of Levi are four thousand and six hundred;

And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These are sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from a son of twenty years and upward,

for by the last words of David they took the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,

And for the sons of Levi who are left: for sons of Amram, Shubael; for sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.

And I gather them unto the river that is going unto Ahava, and we encamp there three days; and I consider about the people, and about the priests, and of the sons of Levi I have found none there;

for unto the chambers do they bring in -- the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi -- the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, and there are vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests, those ministering, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and we do not forsake the house of our God.

Sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the book of the Chronicles even till the days of Johanan son of Eliashib;

and the chamber, whose front is northward, is for priests keeping charge of the altar: they are sons of Zadok, who are drawing near of the sons of Levi unto Jehovah, to serve Him.'

And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.

and those, indeed, out of the sons of Levi receiving the priesthood, a command have to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, their brethren, even though they came forth out of the loins of Abraham;