| 1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons of
Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the children of Amram:
Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5 and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 and Uzzi begat
Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and
Amariah begat Ahitub, 8 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9 and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10 and Johanan
begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that
Solomon built in Jerusalem), 11 and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah
begat Ahitub, 12 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
13 and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 and Azariah
begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak; 15 And Jehozadak went into
captivity, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar.
16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these are the
names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18 And the sons of Kohath
were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi. And 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 And 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 And the sons of Samuel: the
first-born 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 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house
of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest. 32 And they ministered with song
before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the
house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to
their order. 33 And these are they that 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 And 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 And on the left hand their brethren 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 And their brethren
the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house
of God.
49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and
upon 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 And 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 thereof round about it; 56 but the fields of the
city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 And 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 And unto 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 And 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 Unto 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 And the children of Israel gave to
the Levites the cities with their suburbs. 65 And 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 And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their
borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave unto 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 Unto 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 Unto 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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