aSee ch. 49:5-7
bch. 29:33, 34; 30:21
cFor ver. 23-26, see ch. 46:8-27; Ex. 1:2-4
d1 Chr. 6:1
ech. 29:33, 34
fch. 34:25, 26
g[Ps. 16:9; 57:8]
h[Ps. 26:9]
iJosh. 11:6, 9; 2 Sam. 8:4
jSee Num. 3:5-13; Josh. 19:1-9; 1 Chr. 4:24-39
kch. 6:20; Num. 26:59; 1 Chr. 23:14
l[Num. 25:5; Deut. 33:9]
m[Zech. 13:3; Matt. 10:37; Luke 14:26]; See Num. 25:11-13; Deut. 13:6-10
n[Gen. 49:5]
pSee Ex. 28:30
qSee Ex. 17:7; Num. 20:13
rSee Ex. 32:26-29
sMal. 2:4-6
tch. 17:9-11; Ezek. 44:23; See Lev. 10:11
uEx. 30:7, 8; 1 Sam. 2:28
vPs. 51:19; Ezek. 43:27

Genesis 34:25

25On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, aSimeon and Levi, bDinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males.

Genesis 35:23

23The sons of Leah: cReuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:11

11The sons of dLevi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Genesis 49:5-7

5 e“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons fof violence are their swords.
 6Let my soul come not into their council;
gO my glory, hbe not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they ihamstrung oxen.
 7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will jdivide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.

Exodus 2:1

The Birth of Moses

1Now a kman from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman.

Exodus 32:26-29

26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. 27And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you lkill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” 28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. 29And Moses said, “Today you have been mordained for the service of the Lord, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.”

Deuteronomy 33:8-10

8And nof Levi he said,

“Give to Levi ▼
▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks  Give to Levi
 pyour Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
qwhom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
 9who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
rhe disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For sthey observed your word
and kept your covenant.
 10 tThey shall teach Jacob your rules
and Israel your law;
uthey shall put incense before you
and vwhole burnt offerings on your altar.
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