I Chronicles
Chapter 6
1 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
2 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and
Shimei.
3 And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron,
and Uzziel.
4 The sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the
families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
5 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son;
6 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his
son.
7 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir
his son;
8 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son;
9 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul
his son.
10 And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.
11 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and
Nahath his son;
12 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
13 And the sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni; then Abiah.
14 The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son,
Uzzah his son;
15 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
16 And these are they whom David set over the service of song
in the house of HaShem, after that the ark had rest.
17 And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the
tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of HaShem in Jerusalem; and
they took their station at their service according to their order.
18 And these are they that took their station, and their
sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son
of Samuel;
19 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,
the son of Toah;
20 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath,
the son of Amasai;
21 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah,
the son of Zephaniah;
22 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph,
the son of Korah;
23 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the
son of Israel.
24 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand; even
Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea;
25 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of
Malchijah;
26 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah;
27 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei;
28 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
29 And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari:
Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch;
30 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of
Hilkiah;
31 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer;
32 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the
son of Levi.
33 And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the
service of the tabernacle of the house of G-d.
34 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of
burnt-offering, and upon 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 G-d had commanded.
35 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas
his son, Abishua his son;
36 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son;
37 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son;
38 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
39 Now these are their dwelling-places according to their
encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the
Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,
40 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
open land round about it;
41 but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they
gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
42 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the city of refuge,
Hebron; Libnah also with the open land about it, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with
the open land about it;
43 and Hilen with the open land about it, Debir with the open
land about it;
44 and Ashan with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh
with the open land about it;
45 and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with the open land
about it, and Alemeth with the open land about it, and Anathoth with the open
land about it. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
46 And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot,
out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten
cities.
47 And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families,
out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the
tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
48 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to
their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out
of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
49 So the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities
with the open land about them.
50 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
51 And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities
of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
52 And they gave unto them the city of refuge, Shechem in the
hill-country of Ephraim with the open land about it; Gezer also with the open
land about it;
53 and Jokmeam with the open land about it, and Bethhoron
with the open land about it;
54 and Aijalon with the open land about it, and Gath-rimmon
with the open land about it;
55 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with the open
land about it, and Bileam with the open land about it, for the rest of the
family of the sons of Kohath.
56 Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of
the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, and
Ashtaroth with the open land about it;
57 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with the open
land about it, Dobrath with the open land about it;
58 and Ramoth with the open land about it, and Anem with the
open land about it;
59 and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the open land
about it, and Abdon with the open land about it;
60 and Hukok with the open land about it; and Rehob with the
open land about it;
61 and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with
the open land about it, and Hammon with the open land about it, and Kiriathaim
with the open land about it.
62 Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were
given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with the open land about it, Tabor
with the open land about it;
63 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the
Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness
with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it,
64 and Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath
with the open land about it;
65 and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with the
open land about it, and Mahanaim with the open land about it,
66 and Heshbon with the open land about it, and Jazer with
the open land about it.
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