Sons of Levi

¹The sons of Levi were[#Ge 46:11; Ex 6:16]

The Temple Musicians

³¹These are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord , after the ark rested there.[#1Ch 15:16–22; #2Sa 6:17]

³²Now they were ministering before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting with singing until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they were arranged by their order according to their service.

³³These are the ones standing in order with their sons.

⁴⁸Their brothers the Levites also were appointed for all kinds of service to the tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons were making sacrifices on the altar of the 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.[#Ex 27:1–8; #Ex 30:1–7]

⁵⁴And these are their dwelling places according to their walled settlements in their territory, for they were given to them, namely to the sons of Aaron and to the families of the Kohathites, by lot.[#Ge 25:16]

⁵⁵They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its surrounding outlands.[#Jos 14:13]

⁵⁶But the open fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.[#Jos 15:13]

⁵⁷To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah with the cities of refuge: Hebron and Libnah with its outlands, Jattir and Eshtemoa with their outlands,[#Jos 21:13–14]

⁵⁸Hilen with its outlands, Debir with its outlands,[#Jos 10:3]

⁵⁹Ashan with its outlands, and Beth-shemesh with its outlands.[#Jos 15:42; 21:16]

⁶⁰From the tribe of Benjamin, they gave Geba with its outlands, Alemeth with its outlands, and Anathoth with its outlands.[#Jer 1:1]

All their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

⁶¹To the sons of Kohath, those remaining from the family of that tribe, they gave ten cities by lot from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

⁶²To the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities in all.

⁶³To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave by lot from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities in all.[#Jos 21:7, 34–40]

⁶⁴Thus, the sons of Israel gave cities with their outlands to the Levites.[#Jos 21:3, 41–42]

⁶⁵They gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

⁶⁶Then some from the families of the sons of Kohath received cities for their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷They gave to them with the cities of refuge: Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim with its outlands, Gezer with its outlands,[#Jos 21:21]

⁶⁸Jokmeam with its outlands, Beth-horon with its outlands,

⁶⁹Aijalon with its outlands, and Gath Rimmon with its outlands.[#Jos 10:12]

⁷⁰Also the half-tribe of Manasseh gave Aner with its outlands and Bileam with its outlands for the remaining family of the sons of Kohath.

⁷¹To the sons of Gershom, the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh gave Golan in Bashan with its outlands and Ashtaroth with its outlands.[#Jos 9:10; 21:27]

⁷²From the tribe of Issachar, they received Kedesh with its outlands, Daberath with its outlands,

⁷³Ramoth with its outlands, and Anem with its outlands.

⁷⁴From the tribe of Asher, they received Mashal with its outlands, Abdon with its outlands,

⁷⁵Hukok with its outlands, and Rehob with its outlands.

⁷⁶From the tribe of Naphtali, they received Kedesh in Galilee with its outlands, Hammon with its outlands, and Kiriathaim with its outlands.[#Jos 21:32]

⁷⁷To the remaining sons of Merari, the tribe of Zebulun gave Rimmono with its outlands and Tabor with its outlands.

⁷⁸Then on the other side of the Jordan opposite Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer in the wilderness with its outlands, Jahzah with its outlands,[#Jos 20:8]

⁷⁹Kedemoth with its outlands, and Mephaath with its outlands.

⁸⁰And from the tribe of Gad, they received Ramoth in Gilead with its outlands, Mahanaim with its outlands,[#Ge 32:2; 2Ki 9:1]

⁸¹Heshbon with its outlands, and Jazer with its outlands.[#Jos 21:39]