1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of
Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The children of Amram:
Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the
father of Abishua, 5 and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki
became the father of Uzzi, 6 and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and
Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth, 7 Meraioth became the father of
Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, 8 and Ahitub became the
father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz, 9 and Ahimaaz
became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan,
10 and Johanan became the father of Azariah, (he it is who executed the
priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem), 11 and
Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of
Ahitub, 12 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the
father of Shallum, 13 and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and
Hilkiah became the father of Azariah, 14 and Azariah became the father of
Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak; 15 Jehozadak went
into captivity, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the
hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18 The
sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons
of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according
to their fathers’ houses. 20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his
son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son,
Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his
son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir
his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his
son. 25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah,
the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son,
Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn
Joel, and the second Abijah. 29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni
his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his
son, Asaiah his son. 31 These are they whom David set over the service of
song in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest. 32 They
ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting, until Solomon
had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office
according to their order. 33 These are those who waited, and their sons.
Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of
Samuel, 34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the
son of Toah, 35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath,
the son of Amasai, 36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of
Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the
son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 His brother Asaph, who stood on his
right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 40 the son
of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41 the son of
Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 the son of Ethan, the son
of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom,
the son of Levi. 44 On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari:
Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 the son of
Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 the son of Amzi, the
son of Bani, the son of Shemer, 47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the
son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brothers the Levites were
appointed for all the service of the tent of the house of God. 49 But
Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar
of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement
for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua
his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth
his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his
son. 54 Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments
in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites
(for theirs was the first lot), 55 to them they gave Hebron in the
land of Judah, and the suburbs of it round about it; 56 but the fields of
the city, and the villages of it, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah
also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 58 and
Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, 59 and Ashan with its
suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; 60 and out of the tribe of
Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth
with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen
cities. 61 To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot,
out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh,
ten cities. 62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of
the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63 To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their
families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of
the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64 The children of Israel gave to the
Levites the cities with their suburbs. 65 They gave by lot out of the
tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of
Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which
are mentioned by name. 66 Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had
cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 They gave to them
the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its
suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, 68 and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and
Beth Horon with its suburbs, 69 and Aijalon with its suburbs, and
Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; 70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the
family of the sons of Kohath. 71 To the sons of Gershom were
given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan
with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs; 72 and out of the tribe
of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 73 and
Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs; 74 and out of the
tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs,
75 and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; 76 and out
of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with
its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs. 77 To the rest of the
Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of
Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs; 78 and beyond
the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given
them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its
suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs, 79 and Kedemoth with its suburbs,
and Mephaath with its suburbs; 80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in
Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 81 and Heshbon
with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
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