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Levites
Levites According to Deuteronomy the Levites were priests who offered
sacrifices and passed on the
teachings of the law (Deut. 17: 18; 33: 10). They are scattered round the towns, but in view of the centralization of
worship in Jerusalem Levites were invited to join the Zadokite priests descended from
Aaron through
Zadok, priest to
David (2 Sam. 15: 24), but always in a subordinate role. They were suspected of dabbling in rural Canaanite rites (Ezek. 44: 10–14) and became Temple vergers, musicians, and slaughterers. This was the situation after the Exile and the
P tradition in the
Pentateuch assigns the distinction even to the time of Moses (Num. 18: 2–6). Levites retained their office, supported by tithes, as long as the Temple lasted (until 70 CE). The NT mentions them as accompanying priests to see
John the Baptist the Baptist (John 1: 19), as a character in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 32), and Paul's companion
Barnabas is said to be a Levite from
Cyprus (Acts 4: 36).
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Burger King Corporation Names Robert Levite Vice President, Field Marketing North America.
PR Newswire; 11/11/2005; 700+ words
; ...appointment of veteran marketer Robert Levite as vice president, field marketing North America. In this capacity, Levite will be responsible for providing brand...restaurants in the United States and Canada. Levite will report to Russ Klein, Burger King...
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Barry H. Levites Joins New York National Bank Board.
PR Newswire; 1/31/2008; 700+ words
; ...the Board, has announced that Barry H. Levites, CPM, President and Chief Operating Officer of Levites Realty Management LLC, an Accredited Management...there only 521 such firms in the world, and Levites Realty Co., LLC, a licensed Real estate...
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How to become a Levite...even if you weren't born one
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 6/3/2005; ; 601 words
; ...Israelite. Can you become a Levite if you were not born...Indeed I have taken the Levites from among the children...while every single Levite refused to participate...and bestowed it on the Levites. Each Levite, as well as the Kohenim...
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Ariel Levite to Deliver 2009 Drell Lecture: 'A Moment of Truth for Nuclear Energy'
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 2/13/2009; 424 words
; ...following news release: Israeli nuclear security expert Ariel iElii Levite will deliver Stanfordis 2009 Drell Lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday...at 326 Galvez St. The event is free and open to the public. Levite, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International...
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'Israel is nuclear threshold state'. Ariel Levite, top atomic official, at Herzilya conference
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 1/22/2007; ; 526 words
; ...Israel is nuclear threshold state'. Ariel Levite, top atomic official, at Herzilya conference...Monday, January 22, 2007 -- Dr. Ariel Levite, the deputy director-general of the...which has not officially announced this. Levite presented a historical analysis of nuclear...
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Lois Levites
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 3/23/2006; ; 307 words
; RANDOLPH - Lois (Benjamin) Levites, 77, of Randolph, formerly Wellesley, a homemaker, died Tuesday. Mrs. Levites was born in Boston. She is survived by her husband, Harvey Levites; two sons, Edward Levites of Fort Lauderdale, Fla...
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The modern Levites.(Opinion/Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 6/9/2001; 700+ words
; ...Moses, ''This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward...to the rest of the world, you are the Levites. The figures in the quoted scriptures...How apt that the workstation of the Levites was called "tent of meeting," for while...
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Gospel Diva Mavis Staples In A Tribute To Mahalia Jackson: Chicago-based St. Sabina Levites Choir Joins Gospel Star on Stage
Newspaper article from: Chicago Citizen; 1/25/2001; 617 words
; ...Jackson: Chicago-based St. Sabina Levites Choir Joins Gospel Star on Stage Chicago...guest, the Chicago-based St. Sabina Levites choir, will join Staples for this special...Jones. Special guest the St. Sabina Levites choir is based on Chicago's South Side...
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D'var Torah; Cultivating the sacred
Magazine article from: Washington Jewish Week; 8/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...strangers and so, too, should the Levites be even in their own land. He continues with this theme of the Levite as a ger, or stranger, when he adds...result of his foreignness. Having the Levites live there as well in a "stranger...
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D'var Torah; Meaning of service
Magazine article from: Washington Jewish Week; 6/3/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...orders Moses to assemble the Levites and prepare them for attendance...the Tabernacle, so did each Levite assume a role, as we read...Israelites." The job of the Levites was to serve those in positions...involved a separation of the Levites from the rest of the Israelites...
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Levites
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Levites , a religious caste among the ancient Hebrews...the Bible. There were three divisions of Levites—Kohathites, Merarites, and...with special religious privileges. The Levites replaced the firstborn, who devoutly served...
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priests and Levites
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
priests and Levites In the OT the priests were intermediaries...Jerusalem, local shrines were closed and many Levites who were not descendants of Aaron had...x2013;7) suggests that both priests and Levites were accorded a common descent from Levi...
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Levite
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Levite a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi, especially of that part of it which...the worship in the Jewish temple. In the story of the good Samaritan , a Levite is the second person to ‘pass by on the other side’...
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Shemaiah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Descendant of Zerubbabel. 5 Scribe. 6 Korahite. 7 Levite in the time of Jehoshaphat. 8, 9 Levites in the time of Hezekiah. 10, 11 Chief Levites...Urijah 2. 19 Father of Delaiah 4. 20 Merarite Levite. 21 A sealer of the Covenant. 22 Same as Shammua...
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Mattaniah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mattaniah , in the Bible. 1 Early name of King Zedekiah . 2 Asaphite Levite. 3 Temple musician. 4 Levite contemporary with Hezekiah. 5, 6, 7, 8 Men who had foreign wives. 9 Levite.
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