Levite

A Levite or Levi^[2] (Hebrew language: לֵוִי) is a Jewish male descended from the Tribe of Levi on the father's side.^[3]

Levites
לויים

Total population
~500,000–600,000 worldwide[a]
Regions with significant populations
Israel	240,000
United States	200,000
France	16,000
Canada	12,000
Languages
Vernacular: Hebrew, English Historical: Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic
Religion
Judaism, Samaritanism
Related ethnic groups
Jews, Samaritans
Levites are the descendants of the Tribe of Levi, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Levites are integrated in Jewish and Samaritan communities, but keep a distinct status. There are estimated 300,000 Levites among Ashkenazi Jewish communities.[1] Total percentage of Levites among Jews is about 4%.

The Levites of the Book of Leviticus were priests. In that book and the Book of Numbers they help Moses make prayers to God in the tabernacle (a holy tent).