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1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.[#Ex 6.16; Num 26.57; 1 Chr 23.6; #6.1 5.27 in Heb]
2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.[#Lev 10.1]
4Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas of Abishua,
5Abishua of Bukki, Bukki of Uzzi,
6Uzzi of Zerahiah, Zerahiah of Meraioth,
7Meraioth of Amariah, Amariah of Ahitub,
8Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Ahimaaz,[#2 Sam 8.17; 15.27]
9Ahimaaz of Azariah, Azariah of Johanan,
10and Johanan of Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
11Azariah became the father of Amariah, Amariah of Ahitub,
12Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Shallum,
13Shallum of Hilkiah, Hilkiah of Azariah,
14Azariah of Seraiah, Seraiah of Jehozadak;[#Neh 11.11]
15and Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.[#2 Kings 25.18]
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.[#Ex 6.16; #6.16 6.1 in Heb]
17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their ancestry.
20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,[#v 42]
21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
22The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
23Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
25The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,[#vv 35, 36]
26Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,[#v 35]
27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son, Samuel his son.[#6.27 Gk mss: Heb lacks Samuel his son]
28The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.[#6.28 Gk Syr: Heb lacks Joel; #6.28 Lucianic Syr: Heb Vashni, and Abijah]
29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
31These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord , after the ark came to rest there.[#1 Chr 15.16—16.6]
32They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service in due order.
33These are the men who served, and their sons were: Of 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,[#Ex 6.24]
38son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;
39and his kinsman Asaph, who stood on his right, namely, 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,[#v 21]
42son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,
43son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
44On the left were their kindred the sons of Merari: 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;
48and their kindred the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, doing all the work of the most holy place, to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.[#Ex 27.1–8; 30.1–7, 10]
50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,[#vv 4–8]
51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their territories: to the sons of Aaron of the families of Kohathites—for the lot fell to them first—[#Josh 21.4, 10]
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,[#Josh 21.11, 12]
56but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.[#Josh 14.13; 15.13]
57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,[#Josh 21.13]
58Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,[#6.58 Heb mss: MT Hilez]
59Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands.
60From the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their towns throughout their families were thirteen.
61To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten towns.[#vv 66–70 ; Josh 21.5]
62To the Gershomites according to their families were allotted thirteen towns out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
63To the Merarites according to their families were allotted twelve towns out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.[#Josh 21.7, 34]
64So the people of Israel gave the Levites the towns with their pasturelands.[#Josh 21.3, 41, 42]
65They also gave them by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these towns that are mentioned by name.[#vv 57–60]
66And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had towns of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.[#v 61]
67They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,[#Josh 21.21]
68Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,[#Josh 21.22–35]
69Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands;
70and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the families of the Kohathites.
71To the Gershomites: out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;
72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,[#6.72 Or Dobrath]
73Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;[#Josh 19.21; 21.29]
74out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
75Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;
76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.[#v 62]
77To the rest of the Merarites out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,[#v 63]
78and across the Jordan from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the steppe with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,
79Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;
80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
81Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.