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LEVIATHAN
- -  Possibly a crocodile: ...  Job 41; Ps 104:26|
- -  "The crooked (R. V.) serpent.": ...  Isa 27:1|
- -  FIGURATIVE: ...  Ps 74:14|
- -  Created by God: ...  Ps 104:26|
- -  Nature and habits of: ...  Job 41:1-34|
- -  God's power, exhibited in destroying: ...  Ps 74:14|
- -  ILLUSTRATIVE OF
......  Powerful and cruel kings: ...  Isa 27:1|
......  Power and severity of God: ...  Job 41:10|
 
 

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LEVITES, THE
- -  (The descendants of Levi)
- -  (Were scribes of the sacred books)
- -  Assigned to, by families: ...  Jos 21:4-40|
- -  Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice: ...  2Ch 29:12-36; 35:1-18|
- -  Bound to give a tenth of their tithes to the priests: ...  Nu 18:26-32|
- -  Carried the ark of the covenant: ...  De 10:8; 1Ch 15:2,26,27|
- -  Chosen by God for service of the sanctuary: ...  1Ch 15:2; Nu 3:6|
- -  Cities assigned to, in the land of Canaan: ...  Jos 21|
- -  Consecration of: ...  Nu 8:6-21|
- -  Custodians and administrators of the tithes and other offerings: ...  1Ch 9:26-29; 26:28; 29:8; 2Ch 24:5,11; 31:11-19; 34:9; Ezr 8:29,30,33; Ne 12:44|
- -  Degraded from the Levitical office by Jeroboam: ...  2Ch 11:13-17; 13:9-11|
- -  Descended from Jacob's third son: ...  Ge 29:34; Heb 7:9,10|
- -  Eight and forty cities with extensive suburbs, appointed for: ...  Nu 35:2-8|
- -  Encamped round the tabernacle: ...  Nu 1:50,52,53; 3:23,29,35|
- -  Enrollment of, at Mount Sinai: ...  Nu 1:47-49; 2:33; 3:14-39; 4:2,3; 26:57-62; 1Ch 23:3-5|
- -  Entered on their service at twenty-five years of age: ...  Nu 8:24|
- -  Exempt from enrollment for military duty: ...  Nu 1:47-54; with 1Ch 12:26|
- -  First fruits: ...  Ne 12:44,47|
- -  Gershonites and their duties: ...  Nu 3:18-26; 4:23-26; 10:17|
- -  Given to Aaron and sons: ...  Nu 3:9; 8:19|
- -  Guarded king's person and house in times of danger: ...  2Ki 11:5-9; 2Ch 23:5-7|
- -  Had a part of their offerings: ...  De 18:1,2|
- -  Had chiefs or officers over them: ...  Nu 3:24,30,35; 1Ch 15:4-10; 2Ch 35:9; Ezr 8:29|
- -  Had no inheritance in Israel: ...  De 10:9; Jos 13:33; 14:3|
- -  Intermarried with Canaanites: ...  Ezr 9:1,2; 10:23,24|
- -  John's vision concerning: ...  Re 7:7|
- -  Killed the Passover lambs for the people of the captivity: ...  Ezr 6:20,21|
- -  Land allotted to, by Ezekiel: ...  Eze 48:13,14|
- -  Lodged in the chambers of the temple: ...  1Ch 9:27,33; Eze 40:44|
- -  Loyal to the ruler: ...  2Ki 11:7-11; 2Ch 23:7|
- -  Marched in the centre of Israel: ...  Nu 2:17|
- -  Ministered in the presence of the ark of the covenant: ...  1Ch 16:4|
- -  Not numbered with Israel: ...  Nu 1:47-49|
- -  Numbered as ministers at thirty: ...  Nu 4:3,23-49|
- -  Numbered separately after the people from a month old: ...  Nu 3:14-16,39|
- -  Of the Amramites, Aaron and his family were set apart as priests: ...  Ex 28:1; 29:9; Nu 3:38; 17:1-4,8; 18:1|
- -  Of their repentance of the crucifixion of the Messiah: ...  Zec 12:10-13|
- -  Originally consisted for three families or divisions: ...  Nu 3:17; 1Ch 6:16-48|
- -  Owned lands: ...  De 18:8; with 1Ki 2:26|
- -  Pensioned: ...  2Ch 31:16-18|
- -  Place of, in encampments and the march: ...  Nu 1:50-53; 2:17; 3:23-35|
- -  Prepared the shewbread: ...  1Ch 23:28,29|
- -  Pronounced the blessings of the law in the responsive service at Mount Gerizim: ...  De 27:12; Jos 8:33|
- -  Prophecies concerning: ...  Jer 33:18; Eze 44:10-14; Mal 3:3|
- -  Prophecies respecting: ...  Ge 49:5,7; De 33:8-11|
- -  Punished with death for encroaching on the priestly office: ...  Nu 18:3|
- -  Punishment of Korah and others of, for offering incense: ...  Nu 16:1-35|
- -  Religious zeal of: ...  Ex 32:26-28; De 33:9,10; Mal 2:4,5|
- -  Resided also in villages outside of Jerusalem: ...  Ne 12:29|
- -  Sealed the covenant with Nehemiah: ...  Ne 10:9-28|
- -  Sedition among, led by Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, on account of jealousy toward Moses and Aaron: ...  Nu 16; with 4:19,20|
- -  See JUDGES 
- -  See MUSIC 
- -  See PORTERS 
- -  See SCRIBES 
- -  See TITHES 
- -  Served in courses after captivity: ...  Ezr 6:18|
- -  Set apart as ministers of religion: ...  Nu 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; De 10:8; 1Ch 15:2|
- -  Subordinate to the sons of Aaron: ...  Nu 3:9; 8:19; 18:6|
- -  Substituted in the place of the firstborn children: ...  Nu 3:12,41-45; 8:14,16-18; 18:6|
- -  Suburbs of their cities were inalienable for debt: ...  Le 25:32-34|
- -  Superannuated at fifty: ...  Nu 8:25|
- -  Supervised weights and measures as standards of doing business: ...  1Ch 23:29|
- -  Taken instead of the first-born of Israel: ...  Nu 3:12,13,40-45; 8:16-18|
- -  Teachers of the law: ...  De 33:10; 2Ch 17:8,9; 30:22; 35:3; Ne 8:7-13; Mal 2:6,7|
- -  The chief over the Kohathites was the oldest son of the ruling high priest: ...  Nu 3:32; 1Ch 9:20|
- -  The chief over the Merarites was the second son of the ruling high priest: ...  Nu 4:33|
- -  The Jews to be kind and benevolent to: ...  De 12:12,18,19; 14:29; 16:11,14|
- -  The Kohathites, consisting of the families of the Amramites, the Izeharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: ...  Nu 3:27; 4:18-20|
- -  The list of those who returned from captivity: ...  Ezr 2:40-63; 7:7; 8:16-20; Ne 7:43-73; 12|
- -  The Merarites: ...  Nu 3:20,33-37; 4:31-33; 7:8; 10:17; 1Ch 6:19,29,30; 23:21-23|
- -  The plunder of war, including captives: ...  Nu 31:30,42-47|
- -  The remaining families appointed to take charge of the ark of the covenant, table, lampstand, altars, and vessels of the sanctuary, the hangings, and all the service: ...  Nu 3:27-32; 4:2-15|
- -  The ruling chief over the Gershonites was the second son of the ruling high priest: ...  Nu 4:28|
- -  The tithes given to, for their support: ...  Nu 18:21,24; 2Ch 31:4,5; Ne 12:44,45; Heb 7:5|
- -  Three divisions of, each having the name of one of its progenitors-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari: ...  Nu 3:17|
- -  Tithes and other offerings: ...  Nu 18:24,26-32; De 18:1-8; 26:11-13; Jos 13:14; Ne 10:38,39; 12:44,47|
- -  Tithes withheld from: ...  Ne 13:10-13; Mal 3:10|
- -  Were all under control of the high priest's deputy: ...  Nu 3:32; 1Ch 9:20|
- -  Were consecrated: ...  Nu 8:6,14|
- -  Were judges: ...  De 17:9; 1Ch 23:4; 26:29; 2Ch 19:8-11; Ne 11:16|
- -  Were musicians of the temple service
- -  Were overseers in building and the repairs of the temple: ...  1Ch 23:2-4; Ezr 3:8,9|
- -  Were porters of the doors
- -  When superannuated required to perform the less arduous duties: ...  Nu 8:26|
- -  While in attendance lodged around the temple: ...  1Ch 9:27|
- -  Zeal against idolatry a cause of their appointment: ...  Ex 32:26-28; De 33:9,10|

- -  FAMILIES, AS NUMBERED
......  Of Gershom: ...  Nu 3:18,21,22|
......  Of Kohath: ...  Nu 3:19,27,28|
......  Of Merari: ...  Nu 3:20,33,34|

- -  CEREMONIES AT CONSECRATION OF
......  Cleansing and purifying: ...  Nu 8:7|
......  Making a sin-offering for: ...  Nu 8:8,12|
......  Elders of Israel laying their hands on them: ...  Nu 8:9,10|
......  Presenting them to God as an offering for the people: ...  Nu 8:11,15|
......  Setting before the priest and presenting them as their offering to God: ...  Nu 8:13|

- -  SERVICES OF
......  Ministering to the Lord: ...  De 10:8|
......  Ministering to priests: ...  Nu 3:6,7; 18:2|
......  Ministering to the people: ...  2Ch 35:3|
......  Keeping the charge of the sanctuary: ...  Nu 18:3; 1Ch 23:32|
......  Keeping sacred instruments and vessels: ...  Nu 3:8; 1Ch 9:28,29|
......  Keeping sacred oil, flour, &c: ...  1Ch 9:29,30|
......  Keeping sacred treasures: ...  1Ch 26:20|
......  Taking charge of the tithes, offerings, &c: ...  2Ch 31:11-19; Ne 12:44|
......  Doing the service of tabernacle: ...  Nu 8:19,22|
......  Taking down, putting up, and carrying the tabernacle, &c: ...  Nu 1:50,51; 4:5-33|
......  Preparing the sacrifices for the priests: ...  1Ch 23:31; 2Ch 35:11|
......  Preparing the show bread: ...  1Ch 9:31,32; 23:29|
......  Purifying the holy things: ...  1Ch 23:28|
......  Regulating weights and measures: ...  1Ch 23:29|
......  Teaching the people: ...  2Ch 17:8,9; 30:22; 35:3; Ne 8:7|
......  Blessing the people: ...  De 10:8|
......  Keeping the gates of the temple: ...  1Ch 9:17-26; 23:5; 2Ch 35:15; Ne 12:25|
......  Conducting the sacred music: ...  1Ch 23:5-30; 2Ch 5:12,13; Ne 12:24,27-43|
......  Singing praises before the army: ...  2Ch 20:21,22|
......  Judging and deciding in controversies: ...  De 17:9; 1Ch 23:4; 2Ch 19:8|

- -  DAVID
......  Numbered them first from thirty years old: ...  1Ch 23:2-3|
......  Divided them into four classed: ...  1Ch 23:4-6|
......  By his last words had them numbered from twenty years old: ...  1Ch 23:24,27|
......  Made them serve from twenty on account of the lightness of their duties: ...  1Ch 23:26,28-32|
......  Subdivided into 24 courses: ...  1Ch 23:6; 25:8-31|
......  Made them attend in courses: ...  2Ch 8:14; 31:17|

- -  Age of
......  When inducted into office: ...  Nu 4:3,30,47; 8:23-26; 1Ch 23:3,24,27; Ezr 3:8|
......  When retired from office: ...  Nu 4:3,47|

- -  Functions of
......  Had charge of the tabernacle in the encampments and on the march: ...  Nu 1:50-53; 3:6-9,21-37; 4:1-15,17-49; 8:19; 18:3-6|
......  Had charge of the temple: ...  1Ch 9:27-29; 23:2-32; Ezr 8:24-34|

- -  Profits from
......  In lieu of landed inheritance, forty-eight cities with suburbs were assigned to them: ...  Nu 35:2-8; with 18:24|
......  And: ...  Nu 26:62; De 10:9; 12:12,18,19; 14:27-29; 18:1-8; Jos  13:14; 14:3; 18:7; 1Ch 6:54-81; 13:2; 2Ch 23:2; Eze  34:1-5|
 
 
 

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LEX TALIONIS
- -  See RETALIATION 
 
 

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LIARS
- -  All men are liars: ...  Ps 116:11|
- -  Satan, a deceiver: ...  Joh 8:44,55|
- -  Prohibited from the Kingdom of Heaven: ...  Re 21:8|
- -  See DECEIT 
- -  See DECEPTION 
- -  See FALSEHOOD 
- -  See HYPOCRISY