Duties of: To offer sacrifices, Lev. 1:4-17; 2:2,16; 3:5,11,13,16; 4:5-12,17,25,26,30-35; 1 Chr. 16:40; 2 Chr. 13:11; 29:34; 35:11-14; Ezra 6:20; Heb. 10:11; see Offerings. To offer the firstfruits, Lev. 23:10,11; Deut. 26:3,4. Pronounce benedictions, Num. 6:22-27; Deut. 21:5; 2 Chr. 30:27. Teach the law, Lev. 10:11; Deut. 24:8; 27:14; 31:9-13; 33:10; Jer. 2:8; Mal. 2:7. Light the lamps in the tabernacle, Ex. 27:20,21; 2 Chr. 13:11; Lev. 24:3,4. Keep the sacred fire always burning, Lev. 6:12,13. To furnish a quota of wood for the sanctuary, Neh. 10:34. Responsible for the sanctuary, Num. 4:5-15; 18:1,5,7. To act as scribes, Ezra 7:1-6; Neh. 8:9. Be present at and supervise the tithing, Neh. 10:38. Sound the trumpet in calling assemblies and in battle, Num. 10:2-10; 31:6; Josh. 6; 2 Chr. 13:12. Examine lepers, see Leprosy. Purify the unclean, Lev. 15:31; see Defilement. Value things devoted, Lev. 27:8,12. Officiate in the holy place, Heb. 9:6. Chiefs of Levites, Num. 3:9,32; 4:19,28,33; 1 Chr. 9:20. To act as magistrates, Num. 5:14-31; Deut. 17:8-13; 19:17; 21:5; 2 Chr. 19:8; Ezek. 44:23,24. To encourage the army on the eve of battle, Deut. 20:2-4. Bear the ark through the Jordan, Josh. 3; 4:15-18; in battle, 1 Sam. 4:3-5.