H3881–לֵוִי–le.viy.yi

The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם (לְוִיִּ֞ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

Behold, Zadok also [supplied: came], and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

הַלְוִיִּ֣ם (לְוִיִּ֣ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (לְוִיִּֽם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [supplied: houses].

הַלֵּוִ֖י (לֵּוִ֖י) le.Vi “Levite[s]”

Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tent of the house of God.

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לְוִיִּ֑ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.

לַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לְוִיִּ֑ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

הַלְוִיִּ֖ם (לְוִיִּ֖ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לְוִיִּ֑ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לְוִיִּ֑ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.

הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (לְוִיִּ֔ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

These are the singers, heads of fathers' [supplied: houses] of the Levites, [supplied: who lived] in the chambers [supplied: and were] free [supplied: from other service]; for they were employed in their work day and night.

לַלְוִיִּ֛ם (לְוִיִּ֛ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

These were heads of fathers' [supplied: houses] of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these lived at Jerusalem.

לַלְוִיִּ֛ם (לְוִיִּ֛ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good to you, and if it be of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;

וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם (לְוִיִּ֖ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לְוִיִּ֑ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (לְוִיִּֽם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

וְלַלְוִיִּ֗ם (לְוִיִּ֗ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [supplied: houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [supplied: the place] that I have prepared for it.

לַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לְוִיִּ֑ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לְוִיִּ֑ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Yahweh.

הַלְוִיִּ֗ם (לְוִיִּ֗ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

הַלְוִיִּם֒ (לְוִיִּם֒) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

הַלְוִיִּ֗ם (לְוִיִּ֗ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

הַלְוִיִּ֖ם (לְוִיִּ֖ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (לְוִיִּ֔ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song [supplied: with] the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.

הַלְוִיִּם֙ (לְוִיִּם֙) l.vi.Yim “Levites”

He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:

הַלְוִיִּ֖ם (לְוִיִּ֖ם) l.vi.Yim “Levites”