Divrey Hayamim Alef 6

¹The Bnei Levi: Gershom, Kehat, and Merari.

²And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershom: Livni and Shime'i.

³And the Bnei Kehat were Amram, and Yitzhar, and Chevron, and Uzziel.

⁴The Bnei Merari: Machli and Mushi. And these are the mishpekhot of the Levi'im according to avoteihem.

⁵Of Gershom: Livni bno, Yachat bno, Zimmah bno,

⁶Yoach bno, Iddo bno, Zerach bno, Yeaterai bno.

⁷The Bnei Kehat: Amminadav bno, Korach bno, Assir bno,

⁸Elkanah bno, and Evyasaph bno, and Assir bno,

⁹Tachat bno, Uriel bno, Uziyah bno, and Sha'ul bno.

¹⁰And the Bnei Elkanah: Amasai, and Achimot.

¹¹As for Elkanah, the Bnei Elkanah: Tzophai bno, and Nachat bno,

¹²Eliav bno, Yerocham bno, Elkanah bno.

¹³And the Bnei Shmuel: the bechor [Yoel], and the second, Aviyah.

¹⁴The Bnei Merari: Machli, Livni bno, Shime'i bno, Uzzah bno,

¹⁵Shime'a bno, Chagiyah bno, Asayah bno.

¹⁶And these are they whom Dovid set over the service of shir (song) in the Beis Hashem , after the Menoach HaAron (the coming to rest of the Ark) .

¹⁷And they were the mesharetim (ministers) before the Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed with singing, until Sh'lomo had built the Beis Hashem in Yerushalayim, and then they performed their avodas according to their mishpatim (regulations) .[#6:17 kodesh service]

¹⁸And these are they that stood [ministering] with their banim. Of the Bnei Kehati; Heman the meshorer (singer) Ben Yoel Ben Shmuel,

¹⁹Ben Elkanah Ben Yerocham Ben Eliel Ben Toach,

²⁰Ben Tzuph Ben Elkanah Ben Machat Ben Amasai,

²¹Ben Elkanah Ben Yoel Ben Azaryah Ben Tzephanyah,

²²Ben Tachat Ben Assir Ben Evyasaph Ben Korach,

²³Ben Yitzhar Ben Kehat Ben Levi Ben Yisroel.

²⁴And achiv Asaph, who stood at his right hand, even Asaph Ben Berechyahu Ben Shime'a,

²⁵Ben Micha'el Ben Ba'aseyah Ben Malkiyah,

²⁶Ben Etni Ben Zerach Ben Adayah,

²⁷Ben Eitan Ben Zimmah Ben Shime'i,

²⁸Ben Yachat Ben Gershom Ben Levi.

²⁹And their achim the Bnei Merari stood on the left hand; Eitan Ben Kishi Ben Avdi Ben Maluch,

³⁰Ben Chashavyah Ben Amatzyah Ben Chilkiyah,

³¹Ben Amtzi Ben Bani Ben Shemer,

³²Ben Machli Ben Mushi Ben Merari Ben Levi.

³³Their achim also the Levi'im were appointed unto all the avodas Mishkan Beis HaElohim.

³⁴But Aharon and his banim presented the offerings upon the Mizbe'ach HaOlah and on the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret, and were appointed for all the work of the Kodesh HaKodashim, and to make kapporah for Yisroel, according to all that Moshe eved HaElohim had commanded.

³⁵And these are the Bnei Aharon; El'azar bno, Pinchas bno, Avishua bno,

³⁶Bukki bno, Uzzi bno, Zerachyah bno,

³⁷Merayot bno, Amaryah bno, Achituv bno,

³⁸Tzadok bno, Achima'atz bno.

³⁹Now these are their moshevot throughout their assigned territories, of the Bnei Aharon, of the mishpekhot of the Kehati, for the goral (lot) fell upon them.

⁴⁰And they gave them Chevron in Eretz Yehudah, and the migrashim thereof all around it.

⁴¹The sadeh of the Ir, and the villages thereof, they gave to Kalev Ben Yephunneh.

⁴²And to the Bnei Aharon they gave the cities of refuge, namely, Chevron, and Livnah with her migrashim, and Yatir, and Eshtemo'a, with her migrashim,

⁴³Chilen with her migrashim, Devir with hers,

⁴⁴And Ashan with her migrashim, and Beit-Shemesh with her migrashim;

⁴⁵And out of the tribe of Binyamin; Geva with her migrashim, and Alemet with her migrashim, and Anatot with her migrashim. All their towns throughout their mishpekhot were 13 towns.

⁴⁶And unto the Bnei Kehat, which were left of the mishpakhat of that tribe, were towns given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Menasheh, by goral, ten towns.

⁴⁷And to the Bnei Gershom throughout their mishpekhot out of the tribe of Yissakhar, out of that of Asher, out of that of Naphtali, out of the tribe of Menasheh in Bashan, 13 towns.

⁴⁸Unto the Bnei Merari were given by goral, throughout their mishpekhot, out of the tribe of Reuven, and out of that of Gad, and out of that of Zevulun, 12 towns.

⁴⁹And the Bnei Yisroel gave to the Levi'im these towns with their migrashim.

⁵⁰And they gave by goral out of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin, these towns, which are called by their shmot.

⁵¹For some of the mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat had towns of their territories out of the tribe of Ephrayim.

⁵²They gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in Har Ephrayim with her migrashim; they gave Gezer with her migrashim,

⁵³And Yokme'am with her migrashim, and Beit-Choron with her migrashim,

⁵⁴And Ayalon with her migrashim, and Gat-Rimmon with her migrashim;

⁵⁵And out of the half tribe of Menasheh; Aner with her migrashim, and Bile'am with her migrashim, for the mishpakhat of the rest of the Bnei Kehat.

⁵⁶Unto the Bnei Gershom were given out of the mishpakhat of the half tribe of Menasheh Golan in Bashan with her migrashim, and Ashtarot with her migrashim;

⁵⁷And out of the tribe of Yissakhar; Kedesh with her migrashim, Dovrat with her migrashim,

⁵⁸And Ramot with her migrashim, and Anem with her migrashim;

⁵⁹And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her migrashim, and Avdon with her migrashim,

⁶⁰And Chukok with her migrashim, and Rechov with her migrashim;

⁶¹And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galil (Galilee) with her migrashim, and Chammon with her migrashim, and Kiryatayim with her migrashim.

⁶²Unto the rest of the Bnei Merari were given out of the tribe of Zevulun, Rimmono with her migrashim, Tavor with her migrashim.

⁶³And on the other side of the Yarden by Yericho, on the east side of Yarden, were given them out of the tribe of Reuven, Betzer in the midbar with her migrashim, and Yahtzah with her migrashim,

⁶⁴Kedemot also with her migrashim, and Mepha'at with her migrashim;

⁶⁵And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil'ad with her migrashim, and Machanayim with her migrashim,

⁶⁶And Cheshbon with her migrashim, and Yazer with her migrashim.