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According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Levi, son of Jacob. The descendants of Aaron, who was the first High Priest of Israel, were designated as the priestly class, the Kohanim.
Some Jewish families today have a tradition of being descended either from the tribe of Levi or specifically from the kohanim. Levitical families often have names that indicate this lineage, such as Levy, Levi, Halevy or Levine (also, less obviously, Horowitz and Epstein).
The Levites, descendants of Jacob ’s son Levi, were selected to serve G‑d in the Holy Temple. Most served in peripheral roles, playing music, opening and closing the gates, and standing guard.
18 maj 2024 · Others do include Levi (Ezekiel 48). Some lists mention the tribe of Joseph (Deuteronomy 27) and others only those of his sons Ephraim and Manasseh (Numbers 1). Some lists count Ephraim and Manasseh as one, calling each a half tribe, and others count them as two complete tribes.
Within the tribe of Levi were the descendants of Aharon the High Priest, known as Kohanim. Thus today, all Jews identify as being a Kohen [a descendant of Aharon], or Levi [from the tribe of Levi], or simply an Israelite, a Jew with no particular tribal identity.
Levites (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ t / LEE-vyte; Hebrew: לְוִיִּם, romanized: Lǝvīyyīm) or Levi [3] are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. [4] The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah.
26 sty 2017 · Like those other tribes, they descend from one the sons of Jacob – Levi – described in the book of Genesis (Gen 29:34). Unlike those other tribes, however, they are destined to have no permanent tribal territory once Israel crosses the Jordan and enters Canaan (Num 18:20-21; Deut 10:9; 18:1).
