1 Chronicles 6
1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
3 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
4 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, according to their fathers.
5 From Gershon: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
6 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
7 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
8 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
9 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, Saul his son.
10 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
11 Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
12 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
13 The sons of Samuel: his firstborn, Joel, and Abijah.
14 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
15 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
16 These are the ones David appointed to lead the singing in the house of the LORD, from the time the ark came to rest.
17 They served with singing before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. They carried out their service according to their appointed custom.
18 These are the ones who served, along with their sons: from the sons of the Kohathites, Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,
19 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,
20 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,
21 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,
22 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,
23 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.
24 His brother Asaph stood at his right: Asaph, son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
25 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,
26 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,
27 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,
28 son of Jahath, son of Gershon, son of Levi.
29 The sons of Merari, their brothers, stood at the left: Ethan, son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,
30 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,
31 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,
32 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
33 Their fellow Levites were assigned to every task of the tabernacle of the house of God.
34 Aaron and his sons burned incense on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, performing all the duties of the Most Holy Place and making atonement for Israel, as Moses, the servant of God, had commanded.
35 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
36 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
37 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
38 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
39 These were their settlements, according to their encampments within their territory: for the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, since the lot fell to them,
40 they gave Hebron, in the land of Judah, and its surrounding pasturelands.
41 But the city's fields and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
42 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
43 Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
44 Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands.
45 From the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities numbered thirteen, according to their families.
46 The remaining sons of Kohath received by lot ten cities from the families of the tribe, from half the tribe of Manasseh.
47 The sons of Gershon, according to their families, received thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
48 The sons of Merari, according to their families, received by lot twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
49 The Israelites gave the Levites the cities and their pasturelands.
50 By lot they gave these cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, which are named here.
51 The families of the sons of Kohath received cities within their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
52 They gave them the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasturelands,
53 Jokmeam with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands,
54 Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands.
55 From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands to the remaining families of the sons of Kohath.
56 To the sons of Gershon, from the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.
57 From the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
58 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands.
59 From the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
60 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands.
61 From the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.
62 The remaining sons of Merari received from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, and Tabor with its pasturelands;
63 and across the Jordan from Jericho, east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, and Jahzah with its pasturelands,
64 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands.
65 From the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, and Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
66 Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
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