II. לֵוִי 291 adjective, of a people Levite; —
לֵוִי, +
40 times; plural
לֵוִיִּם +
250 times; suffix
לְוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; —
† 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

and most in
Isaiah 66:21; always = substantive
Levites; —
1.
† 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.
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;

BeRy Ryle).
c. בְּנֵיהַֿלְוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 15:15 (bearing ark),
1 Chronicles 24:30 (tribal designation). — See, on Levites, especially Gf
Geschichte. d. Stammes Levi in Me
Archiv i. 68 ff. 208 ff. We
Prol. Cap. iv RS
OTJC. 435 f., 2nd ed., 360 f. Bau
Priesterthum 50 f., 68 f., and often.
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