Levi in the The twelve tribes collection
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Levi
יוֹרוּ מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְיַעֲקֹב
They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances
The tribe set apart for sacred service: the Kohanim and Levites, who served in the Mishkan and in the Temple. Levi received no territory of its own, for the LORD is its inheritance, and its calling is to teach Torah to all Israel.
- Meaning of the name
- From the word for joining: Leah hoped that her husband would now be joined to her.
- Mother
- Leah
- Stone on the Choshen (Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7)
- Bareket, emerald
- Flag colour
- one third white, one third black, one third red
- Emblem on the flag
- Urim and Thummim
- Place in the camp
- Centre — the camp of the Levites surrounds the Mishkan, in the midst of the camps.
Verses
שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי אַחִים כְּלֵי חָמָס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶם
Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence their kinship.
Genesis 49:5
יוֹרוּ מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְיַעֲקֹב וְתוֹרָתְךָ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל יָשִׂימוּ קְטוֹרָה בְּאַפֶּךָ וְכָלִיל עַל־מִזְבְּחֶךָ
They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, And Israel Thy law; They shall put incense before Thee, And whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.
Deuteronomy 33:10
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר עַתָּה הַפַּעַם יִלָּוֶה אִישִׁי אֵלַי כִּי־יָלַדְתִּי לוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה בָנִים עַל־כֵּן קָרָא־שְׁמוֹ לֵוִי
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: ‘Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons.’ Therefore was his name called Levi.
Genesis 29:34