Levi in Biblical History

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Who is Levi?
LE'VI
(joining). 1. The third son of Jacob and Leah, thus named by the mother because "now will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons." Gen 29:34. Together with Simeon he avenged the wrongs of their sister Dinah by slaying the Shechemites, Gen 34:25-31, but thereby he incurred the curse of Jacob. Gen 49:5-7. By the zeal, however, of his descendants on occasion of the golden calf, Ex 32:26-29, the curse was transformed into a blessing. He had three sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and died in Egypt 137 years old. Ex 6:16. 2. Two of the ancestors of our Lord. Luke 3:24, 1 Chr 2:29. 3. The original name of Matthew, the publican and afterward the apostle, son of Alpheeus. Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27, 1 Chr 2:29; Matt 9:9.

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