1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.3The sons of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.4Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua.5Abishua fathered Bakki, and Bakki fathered Uzzi.6Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth.7Meraioth fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub.8And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz.9Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, and Azariah fathered Johanan.10Johanan fathered Azariah, who was priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.11Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub.12Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shelom.13Shalom fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah.14Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.15Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD exiled Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Yitzhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.19Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.20To Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son.21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.22Sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son.23Elkanah his son, Abiasaph his son, and Assir his son.24the son of Uriel, his son Asaph, the son of Zechariah, his son Shallum.25The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.26Elkanah son of Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son.27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.28The sons of Shemuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.29Sons of Merari: Mahli and his brothers over the left, Ethan son of Kishi son of Abdi son of Malluch.30Shimea his son, Hilkiah his son, Asaiah his son.31These are the ones whom David set over the service of song in the temple of the LORD after the ark rested.32They 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.33These are the ones who stood there and their sons from the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel.34son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah35son of Zoph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amzai.36son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah.37son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah.38son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.39His brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah son of Shema.40son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah.41son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah.42son of Ethan, son of Zema, son of Shimei.43son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.44The sons of Merari, their brothers, on the left: Ethan son of Kishi son of Abdi son of Malluch.45son of Hilkiah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah.46son of Amtsai, son of Bani, son of Shemer.47son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.48Their brothers the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the temple of God.49Aaron 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.50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son.51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son.52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son.53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.54And 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.55They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasturelands around it.56They gave the field of the city and its pasturelands to Caleb son of Jephunneh.57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron and its pasturelands, Jattir and its pasturelands, and Eshtemoa and its pasturelands.58Ramoth and its pasturelands, Anem and its pasturelands.59and from the tribe of Asher: Eshan and its pasturelands, Beth-Shemesh and its pasturelands.60From 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.61And to the remaining sons of Kohath, from the tribe of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities by lot.62To 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.63To 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.64The sons of Israel gave the Levites the cities and their pasturelands.65And 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.66From the families of the sons of Kohath, there were cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.67And they gave to them the cities of refuge: Shechem and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its pasturelands.68and Jokmeam with its pasturelands and Beth-horon with its pasturelands.69and Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-Rimmon and its pasturelands.70And from half the tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the clan of the remaining sons of Kohath.71To the sons of Gershom from the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.72And from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands.73and Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.74and from the tribe of Asher: Mishal with its pasturelands, and Abdon with its pasturelands.75and Hukkok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.76And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.77To the sons of Merari, the remaining ones from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and its pasturelands, Tabor and its pasturelands.78And 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.79and Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.80And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, and Mahanaim and its pasturelands.81and Heshbon with its pasturelands and Jazer with its pasturelands.