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Lexicon :: Strong's H3881 - lᵊvî

Aa
לְוִי
Transliteration
lᵊvî
Pronunciation
lay-vee-ee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Patronymically from לֵוִי (H3878)
Strong’s Definitions

לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'; or לֵוִי Lêvîy; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi:—Leviite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 286x

The KJV translates Strong's H3881 in the following manner: Levite (286x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 286x
The KJV translates Strong's H3881 in the following manner: Levite (286x).

  1. Levite = see Levi "joined to"

    1. the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah

      1. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'; or לֵוִי Lêvîy; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi:—Leviite.
STRONGS H3881: Abbreviations
II. לֵוִי 291 adjective, of a people Levite; — לֵוִי, + 40 times; plural לֵוִיִּם + 250 times; suffix לְוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; —
† 1. singular of individual, אִישׁ ל׳ Judges 19:1 a certain Levite; predicate וְהוּא ל׳ Judges 17:1 and he was a Levite, so Judges 17:9; with article הַלּ׳ as substantive the Levite Exodus 4:11 (J), Judges 17:10, 11, 12, 13 (as priest), Deuteronomy 18:6; 2 Chronicles 20:14; 31:12, 14; Ezra 10:15; הַנַּעַר הַלּ׳ Judges 18:3, 15; הָאִישׁ הַלּ׳ Judges 20:4. followed usually
† 2. with article הַלֵּוִי as substantive collective the Levites: Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20, 32; Numbers 26:57 (all P); Numbers 18:23 (P; charged with service of tabernacle); especially D, Deuteronomy 12:12, 18, 19; Deuteronomy 14:27, 29; Deuteronomy 16:1, 14; Deuteronomy 26:10, 12, 13; also 1 Chronicles 24:6; Malachi 2:8 (as priestly tribe); שֵׁבָט הַלּ׳ Deuteronomy 10:8 tribe of the Levites (set apart for service), compare Joshua 13:14, 33; 1 Chronicles 23:14; בְּנֵיהַֿלֵּוִי 1 Chronicles 12:27 (van d. H 1 Chronicles 12:26) sons of the Levites (i.e. of the tribe); so Nehemiah 10:40 [Nehemiah 10:39] (as tithe-collectors); בֵּית הַלֵּוִי Psalm 135:20 house (family, tribe) of the Levites.
3. plural לְוִיִּם chiefly Chronicles and P; — always with article ַֽֽֽהלְוִיִּם except suffix לוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; the article is omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate and most in Isaiah 66:21; always = substantive Levites; — 1.
† a. earlier usage: — as bearing the ark 1 Samuel 6:15; 2 Samuel 15:24; Deuteronomy 31:25, so (with priests) 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5 (HCT הכהנים הַל׳; read probably וְהַל׳ as in Kings, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate compare Öttli VB); also 1 Chronicles is 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:26, 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 23:26; 2 Chronicles 5:4 (for הכהנים || 1 Kings 8:3).
† b. not distinguished from priests by D: הַכֹּהֲנִים הַל׳ Deuteronomy 17:9, 18; Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 24:8; Deuteronomy 27:9; Joshua 3:3; Joshua 8:33 (both D; as bearing ark), also Jeremiah 33:18, 21 ׅ הַכ׳ (הַל׳, Ezekiel 43:19; Ezekiel 44:15; compare Deuteronomy 18:7; Deuteronomy 27:14; Jeremiah 33:22; הַל׳ הַכ׳ likewise 2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:27 (but read probably וְהַל׳ after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate, compare Öttli and below)
† c. as tribal designation, Exodus 6:25; Numbers 3:39; Numbers 4:18, 46; Joshua 21:1 (all P), 1 Chronicles 9:33, 34; 1 Chronicles 15:12; 2 Chronicles 35:5; Nehemiah 11:15, 16; Nehemiah 12:24; with reference to share in land Leviticus 25:32 (twice in verse); Leviticus 25:33 (twice in verse) (H), Numbers 1:47; Numbers 2:33; Joshua 14:3, 4; Joshua 21:3, 4, 8, 20, 27, 34, 38, 39 (all P), Joshua 18:7 (D), 1 Chronicles 6:49; compare also † 2 Chronicles 11:14.
d. set apart for service in tabernacle, Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50, 51 (twice in verse); Numbers 1:53 (twice in verse); Numbers 2:17; Numbers 7:5, 6; Numbers 8:6 + 18 times Numbers 8 (all p), compare 1 Chronicles 6:33; 1 Chronicles 16:4; ministers to Aaron and his sons Numbers 3:9; Numbers 8:19; Numbers 18:6 (P); set apart for י׳ (as redemption for first-born) Numbers 3:12 (twice in verse) + 7 times Numbers 3 (P); with certain perquisites Numbers 18:24, 26, 30 + 9 times Numbers (P).
2. in Chronicles the tribal idea is in the background, and thought of Levites as official class is prominent:
a. distinguished from priests וְהַל׳ הַכ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:14 (compare 1 Chronicles 9:10), 1 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Chronicles 15:4, 11, 14; 1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:6, 31 + 67 times Chronicles; also Isaiah 66:21 (according to Vrss., but dubious), Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 45:5 (compare Ezekiel 45:4), Ezekiel 48:11, 12, 13, 22.
b. as porters, 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Chronicles 26:17, compare 1 Chronicles 34:9; as in charge of music, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 17, 22; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 29:25, 30; 34:12; Nehemiah 12:27; yet distinguished from porters and singers, Nehemiah 7:1; Nehemiah 13:5, 10; distinguished also from נְתִינִים 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 8:20; Nehemiah 10:29; further (with various official functions) 1 Chronicles 9:31 + 29 times Chronicles; of groups of individuals, 2 Chronicles 17:8 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 29:12; 34:12; Ezra 2:40 = Nehemiah 7:43; Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:17; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 12:8, also Nehemiah 8:7 (omitted וְ; Vulgate BeRy Ryle).
c. בְּנֵיהַֿלְוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 15:15 (bearing ark), 1 Chronicles 24:30 (tribal designation). — See, on Levites, especially GfGeschichte. d. Stammes Levi in MeArchiv i. 68 ff. 208 ff. WeProl. Cap. iv RSOTJC. 435 f., 2nd ed., 360 f. BauPriesterthum 50 f., 68 f., and often.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:11; 6:19; 6:25; 38:21

Leviticus

25:32; 25:33

Numbers

1:47; 1:50; 1:51; 1:53; 2:17; 2:33; 3; 3:9; 3:12; 3:20; 3:32; 3:39; 4:18; 4:46; 7:5; 7:6; 8; 8:6; 8:19; 18:6; 18:23; 18:24; 18:26; 18:30; 26:57

Deuteronomy

10:8; 12:12; 12:18; 12:19; 14:27; 14:29; 16:1; 16:14; 17:9; 17:18; 18:1; 18:6; 18:7; 24:8; 26:10; 26:12; 26:13; 27:9; 27:14; 31:25

Joshua

3:3; 8:33; 13:14; 13:33; 14:3; 14:4; 18:7; 21:1; 21:3; 21:4; 21:8; 21:20; 21:27; 21:34; 21:38; 21:39

Judges

17:1; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 18:3; 18:15; 19:1; 20:4

1 Samuel

6:15

2 Samuel

15:24

1 Kings

8:3; 8:4

1 Chronicles

6:33; 6:49; 9:2; 9:10; 9:14; 9:26; 9:31; 9:33; 9:34; 12:26; 12:27; 13:2; 15:2; 15:4; 15:11; 15:12; 15:14; 15:15; 15:16; 15:17; 15:22; 15:26; 15:27; 16:4; 23:2; 23:14; 23:26; 24:6; 24:6; 24:30; 24:31; 26:17

2 Chronicles

5:4; 5:5; 5:12; 11:14; 17:8; 20:14; 23:18; 29:12; 29:25; 29:30; 30:27; 31:12; 31:14; 34:12; 34:12; 35:5

Ezra

2:40; 8:20; 8:33; 10:15

Nehemiah

3:17; 7:1; 7:43; 8:7; 9:5; 10:1; 10:1; 10:10; 10:29; 10:39; 11:15; 11:16; 12:8; 12:24; 12:27; 13:5; 13:10

Psalms

135:20

Isaiah

66:21; 66:21

Jeremiah

33:18; 33:21; 33:22

Ezekiel

43:19; 44:10; 44:15; 45:4; 45:5; 48:11; 48:12; 48:13; 48:22

Malachi

2:8

H3881

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3881 matches the Hebrew לְוִי (lᵊvî),
which occurs 286 times in 258 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 6 (Exo 4:14–Num 35:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my knowledge he is good at talking. And now he is coming out to you: and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel; and she gave birth to Phinehas. These are the heads of the families of the Levites, in the order of their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - This is the price of the making of the House, even the House of witness, as it was valued by the word of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32 - But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - And if a Levite does not give money to get back his property, his house in the town which was exchanged for money will come back to him in the year of Jubilee. For the houses of the towns of the Levites are their property among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33 - But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9 - Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:20 - And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - Take the Levites in place of all the first sons of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; the Levites are to be mine; I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - And the price you have to give for the two hundred and seventy-three first sons of the children of Israel which are in addition to the number of the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49 - So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18 - Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:6 - So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10 - And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12 - And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:13 - Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14 - So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 - All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - And the Levites were made clean from sin, and their clothing was washed, and Aaron gave them for a wave offering before the Lord; and Aaron took away their sin and made them clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - But be with their brothers in the Tent of meeting, taking care of it but doing no work. This is what you are to do in connection with the Levites and their work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - But the Levites are to do the work of the Tent of meeting, and be responsible for errors in connection with it: this is a law for ever through all your generations; and among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24 - For the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26 - Say to the Levites, When you take from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to you from them as your heritage, a tenth part of that tenth is to be offered as an offering lifted up before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:30 - Say to them, then, When the best of it is lifted up on high, it is to be put to the account of the Levites as the increase of the grain-floor and of the place where the grapes are crushed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58 - These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - And from the part given to the children of Israel, take one out of every fifty, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep, and give it to the Levites who have the care of the House of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - Even from the children of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, men and beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had the care of the House of the Lord; as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - Stretching from the wall of the towns a distance of a thousand cubits all round.

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