1 Chronicles 6

Levi

¹The sons of Levi:

²The sons of Kohath:

³The children of Amram:

The sons of Aaron:

¹⁶The sons of Levi:

¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershon:

¹⁸The sons of Kohath:

¹⁹The sons of Merari:

²⁰of Gershon:

²²The descendants of Kohath:

²⁵The descendants of Elkanah:

²⁸The sons of Samuel:

²⁹The descendants of Merari:

³¹These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there.

³²They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.

from the Kohathites:

³⁹and Heman’s associate Asaph, who served at his right hand:

⁴⁴and from their associates, the Merarites, at his left hand:

⁴⁸Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God.

⁴⁹But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Aaron:

⁵⁵In Judah they were given Hebron with its surrounding pasture-lands.

⁵⁶(But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

⁵⁷So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,[#6:57 See Joshua 21:13; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah.]

⁵⁸Hilen, Debir,

⁵⁹Ashan, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasture-lands.[#6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have .]

⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasture-lands.[#6:60 See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have .]

⁶¹The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

⁶²The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

⁶³The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

⁶⁵From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.

⁶⁷In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,[#6:67 See Joshua 21:21; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Shechem, Gezer.]

⁶⁸Jokmeam, Beth Horon,

⁶⁹Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasture-lands.

⁷⁰And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasture-lands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

from the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they received Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasture-lands;

⁷²from the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh, Daberath,

⁷³Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasture-lands;

⁷⁴from the tribe of Asher they received Mashal, Abdon,

⁷⁵Hukok and Rehob, together with their pasture-lands;

⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon and Kiriathaim, together with their pasture-lands.

from the tribe of Zebulun they received Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasture-lands;

⁷⁸from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho they received Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,

⁷⁹Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasture-lands;

⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

⁸¹Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasture-lands.