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Levites

Timeline

2m
Exodus 32:22-33
The Anointing Oil

“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people...

#idolatry+2
4m
Exodus 32:1-29
The Golden Calf

Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain,...

#idolatry+3
2m
Exodus 38:21-31
Inventory of Materials

This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as...

#stewardship+1
6m
Leviticus 25:1-55
The Sabbatical Year and the Year of Jubilee

Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai, “Speak to the Israelites and say to...

#covenant+3
5m
Numbers 1:1-54
The Census of Israel’s Warriors

On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had...

#genealogy+2
3m
Numbers 2:1-34
The Order of the Camps

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron: “The Israelites are to camp around the...

#guidance+3
2m
Numbers 3:1-13
The Sons of Aaron & The Duties of the Levites

This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then

#genealogy+3
3m
Numbers 3:14-39
The Registration of the Levites from One Month Old

Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying, “Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or mor

#genealogy+3
2m
Numbers 3:40-51
The Redemption of the Firstborn

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a...

#redemption+2
4m
Numbers 4:1-33
The Duties of the Clans of Levi

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families, men from thirty to fifty years old—everyo

#stewardship+2
2m
Numbers 4:34-49
The Numbering of the Levites from Thirty to Fifty

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by...

#genealogy+2
8m
Numbers 7:1-89
Offerings of Dedication & The Lampstand (Part 1)

On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated...

#generosity+2
3m
Numbers 8:5-26
The Cleansing of the Levites

Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the Levites from among the...

#purification+3
5m
Numbers 18:1-32
Priests and Levites’ Duties

So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear...

#covenant+2
6m
Numbers 26:1-65
The Second Census

After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the...

#genealogy+3
5m
Numbers 31:1-54
Vengeance on Midian

And the LORD said to Moses, “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the...

#judgment+2
4m
Numbers 35:1-34
The Inheritance of the Levites

Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess,

#judgment+2
4m
Deuteronomy 12:1-28
One Place for Worship

These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days...

#idolatry+2
4m
Deuteronomy 14:22 - 15:23
Treatment of the Needy

You must be sure to set aside a tenth of all the produce brought forth each year from your fields. And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil,

#forgiveness+4
3m
Deuteronomy 16:1-17
The Pilgrimage Festivals

Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. You

#deliverance+2
1m
Deuteronomy 18:1-8
Provisions for Priests and Levites

The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or...

#covenant+2
1m
Deuteronomy 18:9-14
Sorcery Forbidden

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the...

#idolatry+2
1m
Deuteronomy 18:15-22
The Prophet like Moses

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your...

#prophetic+3
3m
Deuteronomy 26:1-15
Offering Firstfruits and Tithes

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance,...

#generosity+2
2m
Deuteronomy 27:11-26
Call and Response Curses

On that day Moses commanded the people: “When you have crossed the Jordan, these...

#covenant+2
5m
Deuteronomy 31:1-30
The Future Leadership of Israel

When Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel, he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and t

#covenant+4
1m
Joshua 14:1-5
Introduction

Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan,...

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2m
Joshua 18:1-10
Distribution from Shiloh

Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of...

#covenant+2
4m
Joshua 21:1-45
The Forty-Eight Cities of the Levites

Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of...

#covenant+3
2m
Judges 17:1-13
Micah’s Idolatry

Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim said to his mother, “The...

#idolatry+2
5m
Judges 19:1-29
The Levite and His Concubine

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the...

#betrayal+2
2m
Judges 20:1-17
The Decree of the Assembly

Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came...

#judgment+2
4m
1 Samuel 6:1 - 7:2
The Ark Returned to Israel

When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,...

#ark+4
4m
2 Samuel 15:1-29
The Rebellion of Absalom (Part 1)

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him. He would get up early and stand beside the road leading t

#betrayal+2
2m
1 Kings 8:1-11
The Ark Enters the Temple

At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all...

#ark+1
2m
1 Kings 12:25-33
The Golden Calves

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And...

#idolatry+2
2m
1 Chronicles 6:1-30
The Descendants of Levi

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar,...

#genealogy+2
4m
1 Chronicles 9:1-44
The People of Jerusalem

So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings...

#genealogy+2
1m
1 Chronicles 13:1-7
David Fetches the Ark

Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of...

#ark+2
3m
1 Chronicles 15:1-29
Transporting the Ark to Jerusalem

David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a...

#ark+3
1m
1 Chronicles 16:1-6
A Tent for the Ark

So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had...

#ark+3
3m
1 Chronicles 23:1-32
The Levites

When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel. Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and L

#genealogy+2
3m
1 Chronicles 24:1-31
The Divisions of the Priests

These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were...

#genealogy+2
2m
1 Chronicles 26:1-19
The Division on the Gatekeepers

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son...

#genealogy+2
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1 Chronicles 26:20-32
The Treasurers, Officers, and Judges

Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God...

#genealogy+2
2m
1 Chronicles 28:11-21
The Plans for the Temple

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its...

#covenant+2
3m
2 Chronicles 5:2 - 6:11
Dedication of the Temple (Part 1)

At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant o

#ark+2
2m
2 Chronicles 5:1-14
The Ark Enters the Temple

So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was...

#ark+2
8m
2 Chronicles 6:12 - 7:22
Dedication of the Temple (Part 2)

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five c

#covenant+3
2m
2 Chronicles 7:4-10
Sacrifices of Dedication

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. And King...

#covenant+3
3m
2 Chronicles 8:1-18
Solomon's Additional Achievements

Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of...

#authority+2
4m
2 Chronicles 10:16 - 12:12
The Kingdom Divided

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered...

#deliverance+3
3m
2 Chronicles 13:1-22
Abijah

In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Urie

#covenant+3
2m
2 Chronicles 17:1-19
Good King Jehoshaphat

Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against...

#idolatry+3
2m
2 Chronicles 19:1-11
Jehoshaphat’s Reforms

When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,...

#judgment+3
5m
2 Chronicles 20:1-37
War against Jehoshaphat

After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came...

#deliverance+3
2m
2 Chronicles 23:1-11
Joash Anointed King of Judah

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with...

#covenant+2
3m
2 Chronicles 24:1-16
Joash Repairs the Temple & Jehoiada’s Death and Burial

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty...

#generosity+3
5m
2 Chronicles 29:1-36
The Temple

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

#covenant+3
4m
2 Chronicles 30:1-27
The Passover

Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jer

#mercy+3
4m
2 Chronicles 31:1-21
The People Return to the LORD

When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore

#idolatry+4
4m
2 Chronicles 34:8-28
Josiah Repairs the Temple

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the...

#idolatry+4
1m
2 Chronicles 34:29-33
Josiah Renews the Covenant

Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And he went up to...

#covenant+3
3m
2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Josiah Restores the Passover

Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover...

#covenant+3
1m
Ezra 1:1-6
The Proclamation of Cyrus

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD...

#deliverance+3
2m
Ezra 3:8-13
Temple Rebuilding Begins

In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of...

#redemption+3
6m
Ezra 5:1 - 6:22
Completion of the Temple

Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. Then Zer

#deliverance+3
2m
Ezra 7:1-10
Ezra Arrives at Jerusalem

Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of...

#genealogy+2
3m
Ezra 7:11-28
Artaxerxes’ Letter for Ezra & Ezra Blesses God

This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and...

#authority+3
1m
Ezra 8:21-23
Fasting for Protection

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble...

#humility+3
1m
Ezra 8:24-30
Priests to Guard the Offerings

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah,...

#generosity+2
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Ezra 8:31-36
Arrival in Jerusalem

On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to...

#deliverance+3
3m
Ezra 9:1-15
Intermarriage with Neighboring Peoples & Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves

#idolatry+3
1m
Ezra 10:1-5
Shecaniah Encourages Ezra

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before...

#covenant+3
2m
Ezra 10:18-44
Those Guilty of Intermarriage

Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found...

#genealogy+3
4m
Nehemiah 3:1-32
The Builders of the Walls

At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began...

#stewardship+3
5m
Nehemiah 7:1-73
The List of Returning Exiles

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the...

#genealogy+3
2m
Nehemiah 8:1-12
Ezra Reads the Law

At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water...

#faith+3
1m
Nehemiah 8:13-18
The Feast of Tabernacles

On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the...

#covenant+3
6m
Nehemiah 9:1-37
The People Confess Their Sins

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together,...

#covenant+4
2m
Nehemiah 10:30-39
The Vows of the Covenant

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we...

#covenant+3
4m
Nehemiah 11:1-36
The Land Resettled

Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while th

#genealogy+2
2m
Nehemiah 12:27-43
The Dedication of the Wall

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all...

#redemption+2
1m
Nehemiah 12:44-47
Provisions for Temple Worship

And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies,...

#generosity+2
5m
Nehemiah 13:1-31
The People’s Failure and Nehemiah’s Correction

At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever ent

#covenant+4
2m
Isaiah 66:18-24
Call to the Nations

“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and...

#judgment+3
2m
Jeremiah 33:14-26
The Covenant with David

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious...

#covenant+3
2m
Ezekiel 40:38-49
Ezekiel Measures the New Temple

There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed. Inside the portico of the gateway we

#stewardship+1
4m
Ezekiel 44:6-31
The Levitical Priesthood

Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel. In addition to all your

#covenant+3
1m
Ezekiel 45:1-6
Consecration of the Land

“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a...

#stewardship+2
5m
Ezekiel 48:1-35
Distribution of the Land

“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar

#covenant+2
2m
John 1:19-34
John the Baptist

John the Baptist rejects rumors about his own identity and publicly identifies an unknown man as the Savior who will take away the world's sins.

#baptism+3