1 Chronicles 6

The Descendants of Levi

1The sons of Levi:

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2The sons of Kohath:

3The children of Amram:

The sons of Aaron:

15Jehozadak went into captivity when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16The sons of Levi:

Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17These are the names of the sons of Gershom:

18The sons of Kohath:

19The sons of Merari:

These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

20Of Gershom:

22The descendants of Kohath:

25The descendants of Elkanah:

28The sons of Samuel:

29The descendants of Merari:

The Temple Musicians

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

32They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.

33These are the men who served, together with their sons.

From the Kohathites:

39Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand:

44On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari:

The Descendants of Aaron

48Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.

49But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.[#6:49 Or the Holy of Holies]

50These were the descendants of Aaron:

Territories for the Levites

(Numbers 35:1–8; Joshua 21:1–45)

54Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:

55They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

56But 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), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,[#6:57 As in the parallel text at Joshua 21:13; Hebrew were given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah]

58Hilen, Debir,[#6:58 Some Hebrew Manuscripts; MT Hilez; parallel text at Joshua 21:15 Holon]

59Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.[#6:59 Ashan is a variant of Ain; see Joshua 21:16.; #6:59 Syriac and the parallel text at Joshua 21:16; MT does not include Juttah,]

60And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.[#6:60 LXX, Syriac, and parallel text at Joshua 21:17; MT does not include Gibeon,]

61To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

62The Gershomites , according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.[#6:62 Gershomites is a variant of Gershonites; also in verse 71; see 1 Chronicles 23:7.]

63The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

64So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

65They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

66And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

67They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,[#6:67 As in the parallel text at Joshua 21:21; Hebrew They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem]

68Jokmeam, Beth-horon,

69Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.

70And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the remaining clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.

71The Gershomites received the following:

From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.

72From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath,

73Ramoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands.

74From the tribe of Asher they were given Mashal, Abdon,

75Hukok, and Rehob, together with their pasturelands.

76And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.

77The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:

From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.

78From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,[#6:78 Jahzah is a variant of Jahaz; see Numbers 21:23.]

79Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.

80And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

81Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.

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