# Levi — Leviathan character guide

> Levi in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Third son of Jacob and Leah, ancestor of the priestly tribe of Levi.

## In the story

### [Of Spiritual Darkness, from Misinterpretation of Scripture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xliv-of-spiritual-darkness-from-misinterpretation-of-scripture)

The tribe of Levi was assigned God's revenue and had no land inheritance, used to justify clerical claims to tithes.

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