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sons of Levi:
Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
2 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram:
Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron:
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,
Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
5 Abishua was the father of Bukki,
Bukki was the father of Uzzi,
6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah,
Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,
7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah,
Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok,
Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah,
Azariah was the father of Johanan,
10 Johanan was the father of Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem),
11 Azariah was the father of Amariah,
Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok,
Zadok was the father of Shallum,
13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah,
Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah,
and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
15 Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile 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:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers:
20 Of Gershom:
Libni his son, Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son,
Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath:
Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son,
Ebiasaph his son, 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 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son,
Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son,
Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28 The sons of Samuel:
Joel the firstborn,
and Abijah the second.
29 The descendants of Merari:
Mahli, Libni his son,
Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son,
and Asaiah his son.
31 These are the men David put in charge of the music in the House of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. 32 They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. They performed their duties in accordance with the regulations laid down for them. 33 These are the men who served with their sons:
From 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 Heman’s kinsman Asaph, who stood at his right hand:
Asaph 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 Their kinsmen, the sons of Merari, stood at his left hand:
Ethan 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 kinsmen, the Levites, were appointed for all of the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his sons presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, in the discharge of their duties for the Most Holy Place to make atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50 These are the descendants 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,
and Ahimaaz his son.
54 These were the locations that were assigned to the Kohathite families of the descendants of Aaron for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot fell to them:
55 They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, 56 but the villages and fields around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
57 The descendants of Aaron were given:
Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, 58 Hilen and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, 59 Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.
60 From the tribe of Benjamin they were given:
Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands.
They had thirteen towns in all among their families.
61 The remaining Kohathite families were given ten towns by lot from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
62 The Gershomites were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan throughout their families.
63 The Merarites were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun throughout their families.
64 So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns with their pasturelands. 65 They assigned by lot the towns previously named from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
66 Some of the families of the Kohathites were given for their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
67 They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands, 68 Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands, 69 Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands.
70 The rest of the Kohathite clans were given Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands from the territory allocated to the half-tribe of Manasseh.
71 The Gershomites were given from the half-tribe of Manasseh:
Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands.
72 From the tribe of Issachar:
Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.
74 From the tribe of Asher:
Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, 75 Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.
76 From the tribe of Naphtali:
Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.
77 The rest of the Merarites received:
From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmon and its pasturelands, Tabor and its pasturelands.
78 From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho they received:
Bezer in the wilderness and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands, 79 Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.
80 From the tribe of Gad they received:
Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands, 81 Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.