Levites (/ˈliːvaɪt/ LEE-vyte; Hebrew: לְוִיִּם, romanized: Lǝvīyyīm) or Levi are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The...

The episode of the Levite's concubine, also known as the Benjamite War, is a biblical narrative in Judges 19–21 (chapters 19, 20 and 21 of the Book of...

Andra Levite (born 16 November 1962) is a Latvian gynecologist and obstetrician. Levite, who is married to President Egils Levits, has served as the First...

and left half dead alongside the road. First, a Jewish priest and then a Levite come by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler...

agricultural produce to charity, after the giving of the standard terumah, to the Levite (or Kohen). This tithe is required to be free of both monetary and servicial...

"levy" in the Revised Version and "tribute" in the King James Version. A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (Nehemiah 11:17), also called Obadiah (1 Chronicles...

The Levites who were not Kohanim played music in the Temple or served as guards. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were...

For example, a person is considered to be a priest or Levite, if his father is a priest or Levite, and the members of all the Twelve Tribes are called...

Lévite Thériault (May 14, 1837 – December 2, 1896) was a land owner and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Victoria County from 1868 to...

Lynn Bell, Jr. (born July 2, 1981), who goes by the stage name Stephen the Levite or STL abbreviation, is an American Christian hip hop musician. The Last...

Gershon and in the Book of Chronicles the progenitor of one of the principal Levite clans is sometimes identified as Gershom, sometimes as Gershon. The firstborn...

Levite who assisted at the bringing up of the ark from the house of Obed-edom: 1 Chron 15:20–24. A Kohathite Levite: 1 Chron 24:25. A Merarite Levite:...

(Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and Miriam...

the host send out the Levite man so they can rape him. The host offers to send out his virgin daughter as well as the Levite's concubine for them to rape...

king Josiah in 7th century BCE. This chapter records the activities of a Levite from Ephraim and his concubine, belonging to a section comprising Judges...

Ohad Levita (Hebrew: אוהד לויטה; born 17 February 1986) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Hapoel Hadera . Levita played for local side Hapoel Kfar...

that modern Ashkenazi Levites (Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi) are descendants of a single Levite ancestor who came to...

tables in Chronicles, Elkanah was a Levite—a fact not mentioned in the books of Samuel. The fact that Elkanah, a Levite, was denominated an Ephraimite is...

priests are sometimes included in the term Levites, by direct patrilineal descent. However, not all Levites are priests. During the 40 years of wandering...

an Ephraimite in 1 Samuel, the Books of Chronicles state that he was a Levite. Elkanah lived in the mountains of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 6:16-30, 33-37);...

ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons as a priest. A young Levite, from Bethlehem in Judah, who lived near Micah (some translations render...

reflect a two-tier priesthood with the Levites in subordinate position. A two-tier hierarchy of Aaronides and Levites appears in Ezra, Nehemiah and Chronicles...

member in a list of warriors (1 Chronicles 12:4). However, one Jahaziel, a Levite, is mentioned as delivering a divine message. 2 Chronicles 20 recounts a...

several people in the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew: שמעיה shemayah "God Heard"): a Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his relatives took part in the bringing...

trumpet before the ark when it was brought up to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6). A temple porter, of the family of the Korhites (1 Chr. 26:4)...

studies into Levite origins found the Levite genome to be significantly less homogeneous. While commonalities were found within the Ashkenazi-Levite genome...

11th rotational army division (1 Chr. 11:31, 1 Chr. 27:14, 2 Sam. 23:30) A Levite musician who played his stringed instrument while accompanying the Ark of...

third and sixth years of the seven-year sabbatical cycle be given to the Levites and the poor. The law applies during the days of the Temple in Jerusalem...

God instructed Moses to place the Levites in attendance upon Aaron to serve him and the priests. God took the Levites in place of all the firstborn among...

ben (son of) [Father's Hebrew name] [Ha-Kohen (the Kohen) / Ha-Levi (the Levite)], (the name of the Aliyah in Hebrew). In synagogues where women may receive...