Commandments About Levi
8 biblical commandments from the Torah related to levi.
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The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest
Numbers 18:26
"Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.
Set aside a tithe each planting year and give it to a Levite
Numbers 18:24
"For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, 'They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.'"
The Tribe of Levi must not be given a portion of the land in Israel
Deuteronomy 18:1
"The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD'S offerings by fire and His portion.
The Levites must not take a share in the spoils of war
Deuteronomy 18:1
"The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD'S offerings by fire and His portion.
Give the Levites cities to inhabit and their surrounding fields
Numbers 35:2
"Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities.
The Levites must transport the ark on their shoulders
Numbers 7:9
But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.
The Levites must work in the Temple
Numbers 18:23
"Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
No Levite must do the work of either another priest or another Levite
Numbers 18:3
"And they shall thus attend to your obligation and the obligation of all the tent, but they shall not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.