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1 Chronicles

The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service

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Chapter 6
1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The sons of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua. 5 Abishua fathered Bakki, and Bakki fathered Uzzi. 6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth. 7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub. 8 And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz. 9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, and Azariah fathered Johanan. 10 Johanan fathered Azariah, who was priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem. 11 Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub. 12 Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shelom. 13 Shalom fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah. 14 Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak. 15 Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD exiled Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Yitzhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 To Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son. 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 22 Sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son. 23 Elkanah his son, Abiasaph his son, and Assir his son. 24 the son of Uriel, his son Asaph, the son of Zechariah, his son Shallum. 25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth. 26 Elkanah son of Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son. 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Shemuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah. 29 Sons of Merari: Mahli and his brothers over the left, Ethan son of Kishi son of Abdi son of Malluch. 30 Shimea his son, Hilkiah his son, Asaiah his son. 31 These are the ones whom David set over the service of song in the temple of the LORD after the ark rested. 32 They served before the tent of meeting with song until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they stood according to their ordinance over their service. 33 These are the ones who stood there and their sons from the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel. 34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah 35 son of Zoph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amzai. 36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah. 37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah. 38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel. 39 His brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah son of Shema. 40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah. 41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah. 42 son of Ethan, son of Zema, son of Shimei. 43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. 44 The sons of Merari, their brothers, on the left: Ethan son of Kishi son of Abdi son of Malluch. 45 son of Hilkiah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. 46 son of Amtsai, son of Bani, son of Shemer. 47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. 48 Their brothers the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the temple of God. 49 Aaron and his sons offered up smoke on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the holy of holies and to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God commanded. 50 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son. 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son. 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son. 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 And these are their dwelling places according to their castles in their territory for the sons of Aaron, from the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot. 55 They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasturelands around it. 56 They gave the field of the city and its pasturelands to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron and its pasturelands, Jattir and its pasturelands, and Eshtemoa and its pasturelands. 58 Ramoth and its pasturelands, Anem and its pasturelands. 59 and from the tribe of Asher: Eshan and its pasturelands, Beth-Shemesh and its pasturelands. 60 From the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasturelands, Almon with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands—all their cities, thirteen cities in their clans. 61 And to the remaining sons of Kohath, from the tribe of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities by lot. 62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, 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. 63 To the sons of Merari according to their clans—from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun—by lot, twelve cities. 64 The sons of Israel gave the Levites the cities and their pasturelands. 65 And they 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 they called by names. 66 From the families of the sons of Kohath, there were cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave to them the cities of refuge: Shechem and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its pasturelands. 68 and Jokmeam with its pasturelands and Beth-horon with its pasturelands. 69 and Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-Rimmon and its pasturelands. 70 And from half the tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the clan of the remaining sons of Kohath. 71 To the sons of Gershom from the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands. 72 And from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands. 73 and Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands. 74 and from the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasturelands, and Abdon with its pasturelands. 75 and Hukkok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands. 76 And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands. 77 To the sons of Merari, the remaining ones from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and its pasturelands, Tabor and its pasturelands. 78 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho, east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the desert with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands. 79 and Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands. 80 And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, and Mahanaim and its pasturelands. 81 and Heshbon with its pasturelands and Jazer with its pasturelands.