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• Levites

  The Levites were members of the Israelite tribe descended from Levi, the son of Jacob. Rather than receiving land as an inheritance, they were set apart for the work of the tabernacle and the temple. Among them, the descendants of Aaron became priests.

• Jeshua (Levite)

  Jeshua was a leader of the Levites who returned from the Babylonian exile. He oversaw the rebuilding of the temple, and in the time of Nehemiah he helped explain the Law to the people and led a prayer of repentance.

• Bani (Levite)

  Bani was a Levite in the time of Nehemiah. When Ezra read the Law aloud, Bani helped the people understand its meaning, and at the assembly held for fasting he stood on the platform and cried out to God (Nehemiah 8:7; 9:4-5).

• Jahaziel

  Jahaziel was a Levite in the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. When a coalition of Moabites and Ammonites invaded, he was moved by the Spirit and prophesied that "the battle is not yours, but God's" (2 Chronicles 20).

• Asaph

  Asaph was a Levite musician of David's time and a leader of the singers who led praise in the temple. Psalm 50 and Psalms 73–83 have been handed down as "Psalms of Asaph," and his descendants continued the ministry of praise after the return from exile.

• Levitical Cities

  The Levitical cities were the forty-eight cities, together with their surrounding pasturelands, that the tribes of Israel set aside as dwelling places for the tribe of Levi, which received no land as an inheritance. The six cities of refuge were among them.

• Jonathan (Grandson of Moses)

  Jonathan was a Levite of the period of the judges who is introduced in Judges 18:30 as "the son of Gershom" and the "grandson of Moses." He became the priest of the household of Micah the Ephraimite and later followed the tribe of Dan, serving as priest at their idolatrous shrine.

• Kohathites

  The Kohathites were a Levite clan descended from Kohath, the second son of Levi. During the wilderness period they were responsible for carrying the holy objects of the tabernacle, including the ark of the covenant, on their shoulders. Moses and Aaron belonged to this clan.

• Jeduthun

  Jeduthun was a Levite musician in the time of David who was responsible for praise in temple worship. He was one of three leaders, along with Asaph and Heman, who directed the singing and instrumental music.

• Zuriel

  Zuriel is a Levite mentioned once in the Book of Numbers. He was the son of Abihail and the chief of the Merarite families during the wilderness period. The descendants of Merari camped on the north side of the tabernacle.

• Conaniah

  Conaniah was the chief Levite who took charge of the offerings, tithes, and dedicated things gathered in the temple storerooms during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. He appears in 2 Chronicles 31:12–13.

• Nepheg

  Nepheg is a Levite mentioned in Exodus 6:21. He was a son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, and a brother of Korah and Zichri. Scripture records only his name.

• Sherebiah

  Sherebiah was a Levite leader who returned with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem. He appears in Ezra and Nehemiah as one who explained the Law to the people, led a prayer of repentance, and set his seal to the covenant document.

• Shelomoth

  Shelomoth was a Levite of David's time and a descendant of Eliezer, the son of Moses. With his brothers, he was in charge of the treasuries of the dedicated things that David and the military commanders had set apart (1 Chronicles 26).

• Isshiah

  Isshiah was a Levite recorded as the head (chief) among the sons of Rehabiah, the grandson of Moses. His name appears only once, in 1 Chronicles 24:21.

• Hashabiah (Descendant of Merari)

  Hashabiah was a Levite descended from Merari who returned with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem. He appears in Ezra 8 as one of the men to whom Ezra entrusted the silver, gold, and vessels offered for the temple.

• Hosah

  Hosah was a Levite of the Merarite clan in the time of David. According to 1 Chronicles, he was appointed a gatekeeper before the Ark of the Covenant and was assigned by lot to the west gate of the temple.

• Judges 19

  Judges 19 tells of a Levite who, while returning from Bethlehem with his concubine, stops in Gibeah, a town of the tribe of Benjamin. There a mob abuses the concubine, and she dies. The Levite then divides her body into twelve pieces and sends them throughout all the territory of Israel.

• Chenaniah

  Chenaniah was a chief of the Levites who directed and taught the singing when David brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. He appears in 1 Chronicles 15.

• Uzzi

  Uzzi was the overseer of the Levites living in Jerusalem after the return from exile. He was the son of Bani and belonged to the descendants of Asaph, the family responsible for singing in the temple (Nehemiah 11:22).