2009-10-08T13:50:05-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/levites/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Chronicles%2015:27-28&version=NIV 2009-10-08T13:50:05-05:00 When David brought the ark of the Covenant back to Israel he was accompanied by a choir of singers. Song and music were highly prized ways of praising the LORD and this was a time of extreme jubilation. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2032:25-28&version=NIV 2009-09-04T12:36:11-05:00 When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai he saw that the people were engaged in various acts of extreme wickedness. He immediately called the Levites to him and then sent them out to kill those who were running wild. http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/leviticus.php 2008-07-09T12:22:01-05:00 Leviticus receives its name from the Septuagint (the pre-Christian Greek translation of the OT) and means "relating to the Levites." Its Hebrew title, wayyiqra', is the first word in the Hebrew text of the book and means "And he [i.e., the Lord] called." Read more about the Book of Leviticus from the NIV Study Bible, Introductions.