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1Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.[#6:1–3 Gn 46:11; Ex 6:16,18,20,23; Nm 26:57–60; #6:1 In Hb Levi’s son’s name is spelled ‘Gershon’ here and in many other places]
2Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4Eleazar fathered Phinehas;[#6:4 Ex 6:25]
Phinehas fathered Abishua;
5Abishua fathered Bukki;
Bukki fathered Uzzi;
6Uzzi fathered Zerahiah;
Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;
7Meraioth fathered Amariah;
Amariah fathered Ahitub;
8Ahitub fathered Zadok;
Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;
9Ahimaaz fathered Azariah;
Azariah fathered Johanan;
10Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem;
11Azariah fathered Amariah;
Amariah fathered Ahitub;
12Ahitub fathered Zadok;
Zadok fathered Shallum;
13Shallum fathered Hilkiah;
Hilkiah fathered Azariah;
14Azariah fathered Seraiah;
and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.
15Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.[#6:15 2Kg 24:1–2,10,14; 25:1,8,11,21; 1Ch 9:1]
16Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.[#6:16–19 Ex 6:16–19]
17These are the names of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei.
18Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
19Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.
These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:
20Of Gershom: his son Libni,
his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,
21his son Joah, his son Iddo,
his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.
22Kohath’s sons: his son Amminadab,
his son Korah, his son Assir,
23his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph,
his son Assir,
24his son Tahath,
his son Uriel, his son Uzziah,
and his son Shaul.
25Elkanah’s sons: Amasai and Ahimoth,
26his son Elkanah, his son Zophai,
his son Nahath,
27his son Eliab,
his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.
28Samuel’s sons: his firstborn Joel, ,[#6:28 Some LXX mss, Syr, Arabic; other Hb mss omit Joel ; 1Sm 8:2; #6:28 1Sm 8:2]
and his second son Abijah.
29Merari’s sons: Mahli, his son Libni,
his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,
30his son Shimea, his son Haggiah,
and his son Asaiah.
31These are the men David put in charge of the music in the Lord ’s temple after the ark came to rest there.[#6:31 1Ch 15:16–22; 16:4–6; #6:31 2Sm 6:17; 1Ch 15:25–16:1]
32They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the Lord ’s temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them.
33These are the men who served with their sons.
From the Kohathites: Heman the singer,
son of Joel, son of Samuel,
34son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham,
son of Eliel, son of Toah,
35son of Zuph, son of Elkanah,
son of Mahath, son of Amasai,
36son of Elkanah, son of Joel,
son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,
37son of Tahath, son of Assir,
son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,
38son of Izhar, son of Kohath,
son of Levi, son of Israel.
39Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand:
Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
40son of Michael, son of Baaseiah,
son of Malchijah,
41son of Ethni,
son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,
42son of Ethan, son of Zimmah,
son of Shimei,
43son of Jahath,
son of Gershom, son of Levi.
44On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons:
Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,
son of Malluch,
45son of Hashabiah,
son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,
46son of Amzi, son of Bani,
son of Shemer,
47son of Mahli,
son of Mushi, son of Merari,
son of Levi.
48Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.
49But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most holy place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.[#6:49 Ex 27:1–8; #6:49 Ex 30:1–7; #6:49 Ex 30:10–16]
50These are Aaron’s sons: his son Eleazar,[#6:50–53 1Ch 6:4–8]
his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,
51his son Bukki, his son Uzzi,
his son Zerahiah,
52his son Meraioth,
his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,
53his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.
54These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.[#6:54 Jos 21:4,10]
55They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,[#6:55–56 Jos 14:13; 15:13]
56but the fields and settlements around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
57Aaron’s descendants were given:[#6:57 Jos 21:13,19]
61To the rest of the Kohathites, ten towns from half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.[#6:61 Jos 21:5; 1Ch 6:66–70]
62The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.
63The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.[#6:63 Jos 21:7; 1Ch 6:77–81]
64So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.[#6:64 Jos 21:3,41–42]
65They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the descendants of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.[#6:65 1Ch 6:57–60]
66Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:[#6:66–81 Jos 21:20–40]
71The Gershomites received:
77The rest of the Merarites received: