What Does “Levite” Mean in the Bible?
Office or title
A man of the tribe of Levi. The Levites helped the priests in the Temple: they sang, kept watch, and carried the holy things.
Where it appears in the Bible
Deuteronomy 10:8; Luke 10:32
What the Bible says
Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.
Luke 10:32
In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 1539; Deuteronomy 10:8