Tribe of Levi

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ancient Israelite social group biblical patriarch biblical tribe tribe of Israel

The Tribe of Levi is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally designated for religious duties and priestly service in the Hebrew Bible.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Levites	6
Levi	0
Aaronites	0
Gershonites	1
Kohathites	1
Levitical priesthood	1
tribe of Levi	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Israelite social group ⓘ biblical patriarch ⓘ biblical tribe ⓘ tribe of Israel ⓘ
associatedWith	Aaronic priesthood ⓘ
covenantalStatus	set apart for God ⓘ
ethnicReligion	ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
genealogicalSignificance	Levitical priests ⓘ Aaron and his sons ⓘ surface form: line of Aaron line of Moses ⓘ
includesGroup	Aaronites ⓘ
inheritanceStatus	no territorial allotment in Canaan ⓘ supported by tithes ⓘ
landHolding	Levitical cities ⓘ cities of refuge ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Biblical Hebrew
laterIdentification	Tribe of Levi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Levites
namedAfter	Levi ⓘ
parentOf	Gershon ⓘ Kohath ⓘ Merari ⓘ
partOf	Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ
playsRoleIn	Mosaic covenant ⓘ sacrificial system ⓘ wilderness wanderings ⓘ
religiousCenterAssociation	First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: First Temple Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Second Temple Tabernacle ⓘ
religiousFunction	blessing the people ⓘ carrying the Ark of the Covenant ⓘ maintaining ritual purity in sanctuary ⓘ
religiousRole	care of tabernacle ⓘ guarding the sanctuary ⓘ high priesthood ⓘ liturgical music ⓘ priestly service ⓘ teaching the Law ⓘ temple service ⓘ
sacredTextMention	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Torah ⓘ
subTribe	Tribe of Levi self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gershonites Kohath ⓘ surface form: Kohathites Merarites ⓘ
theologicalStatus	chosen tribe for service ⓘ
tradition	Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Priestly code → associatedWithGroup → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levites

Israel → associatedWithTribe → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Leah → associatedWithTribe → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Ark of the Covenant → carriedBy → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levites

Ark of the Covenant → carriedBy → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kohathites

Aaronic priesthood → descentFrom → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

this entity surface form: tribe of Levi

Twelve Tribes of Israel → excludesTribeFromLandAllotment → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Aaronic priesthood → hasEthnicGroup → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levites

Twelve Tribes of Israel → hasMember → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Second Temple Judaism → includesGroup → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levites

Levy → isRelatedToTribe → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Tribe of Levi → laterIdentification → Tribe of Levi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levites

Israelites → priestlyTribe → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Tribe of Levi → subTribe → Tribe of Levi self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gershonites

Aaronic priesthood → subclassOf → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levitical priesthood

Sons of Korah → subgroupOf → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Levites

Moses → tribalAffiliation → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Levi → tribalAncestorOf → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Asaph → tribe → Tribe of Levi ⓘ

Ezekiel → tribe → Tribe of Levi ⓘ