1 Chronicles Chapter 6 (ESV)

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undefined The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

undefined The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

undefined The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

undefined Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,

undefined Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,

undefined Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,

undefined Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

undefined Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,

undefined Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,

undefined and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).

undefined Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

undefined Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum,

undefined Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah,

undefined Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;

undefined and Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

undefined The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

undefined And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

undefined The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

undefined The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.

undefined Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

undefined Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

undefined The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

undefined Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

undefined Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

undefined The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,

undefined Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

undefined Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

undefined The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.

undefined The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

undefined Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

undefined These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

undefined They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.

undefined These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel,

undefined son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,

undefined son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

undefined son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

undefined son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

undefined son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;

undefined and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

undefined son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,

undefined son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

undefined son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,

undefined son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

undefined On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

undefined son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

undefined son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

undefined son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

undefined And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

undefined But Aaron and his sons made offerings 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.

undefined These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

undefined Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

undefined Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

undefined Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

undefined These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,

undefined to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

undefined but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

undefined To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

undefined Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

undefined Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;

undefined and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.

undefined To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

undefined To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.

undefined To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

undefined So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.

undefined They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.

undefined And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

undefined They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

undefined Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,

undefined Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,

undefined and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.

undefined To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;

undefined and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,

undefined Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;

undefined out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,

undefined Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;

undefined and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

undefined To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,

undefined and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,

undefined Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;

undefined and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

undefined Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.

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