Template:Levitemine
Levites called to serve
- Exodus 32:26 "Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD’S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him."
- Numbers 3:12 "And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;"
- Numbers 3: 40 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel... 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD."
- Numbers 8:14 "Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine."
- Numbers 18:24 "But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance."
- Deuteronomy 26:13 "Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite , and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:"
- John 15:19 "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."
- John 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify[1] them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- ↑ 37 ἁγιάζω hagiazo [hag-ee-ad’-zo] from 40 hagios Separated to God; v; TDNT-1:111,14; [{See TDNT 14 }] AV-sanctify 26, hallow 2, be holy 1; 29
- To make holy, consecrate, sanctify
- 1) to dedicate, separate, set apart for God
- 1a) Of things [{#Mt 23:17,9 2Ti 2:21 }]
- 1b) Of persons: Christ [{#Joh 10:36 17:19 }]
- 2) To purify, make conformable in character to such dedication
- 2a) Forensically, to free from guilt [{#1Co 6:11 Eph 5:26 Heb 2:11 10:10,14,29 13:12 }]
- 2b) Internally, by actual sanctification of life [{#Joh 17:17,19 Ac 20:32 26:18 Ro 15:16 1Co 1:2 7:14 1Th 5:23 Re 22:11 }]
- 2c) Of a non-believer influenced by marriage with a Christian [{#1Co 7:14 }]
- 3) In the intermediate sense of ceremonial or levitical purification
- 3a) Of things [{#2Ti 2:21 }]
- 3b) Of persons [{#Heb 9:13 }]
- 4) To treat as holy [{#Mt 6:9 Lu 11:2 1Pe 3:15 }]