Tribe of Levi
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The Tribe of Levi is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally designated for religious duties and priestly service in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tribe of Levi canonical | 30 |
| Levites | 18 |
| tribe of Levi | 10 |
| Gershonites | 3 |
| Levitical families | 2 |
| Kohanim | 1 |
| Kohathite clan | 1 |
| Kohathites | 1 |
| Levitical priesthood | 1 |
| Merarite Levites | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T648747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tribe of Levi Context triple: [Moses, tribalAffiliation, Tribe of Levi]
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A.
Tribe of Judah
The Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally associated with leadership, the Davidic monarchy, and the lineage from which Jewish and Christian messianic expectations arise.
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B.
Issachar
Issachar is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar.
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C.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
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E.
Sons of Korah
The Sons of Korah were a Levitical family line in ancient Israel known for their role as temple singers and composers of several psalms in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tribe of Levi Target entity description: 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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A.
Tribe of Judah
The Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally associated with leadership, the Davidic monarchy, and the lineage from which Jewish and Christian messianic expectations arise.
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B.
Issachar
Issachar is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar.
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C.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
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E.
Sons of Korah
The Sons of Korah were a Levitical family line in ancient Israel known for their role as temple singers and composers of several psalms in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tribe of Levi Description of subject: The Tribe of Levi is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally designated for religious duties and priestly service in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
tribe of Levi
this entity surface form:
tribe of Levi
this entity surface form:
Levites
this entity surface form:
Levitical families
this entity surface form:
Levites
this entity surface form:
Levites
this entity surface form:
Gershonites
this entity surface form:
Levites
this entity surface form:
tribe of Levi
this entity surface form:
Levitical families