1 Chronicles 6
The descendants of Levi are listed, including the sons of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, and their subsequent generations. The sons of Aaron are also listed, along with their roles in the priestly office. The Levites are assigned various cities and suburbs throughout the tribes of Israel, with the sons of Aaron receiving cities of refuge, including Hebron and Libnah. The chapter concludes with the distribution of cities to the remaining Levites, including the sons of Kohath, Gershom, and Merari, from various tribes.
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and MerariThe sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and UzzielThe sons of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and IthamarEleazar conceived Phinehas, and Phinehas conceived AbishuaTruly, Abishua conceived Bukki, and Bukki conceived UzziUzzi conceived Zerahiah, and Zerahiah conceived MeraiothThen Meraioth conceived Amariah, and Amariah conceived AhitubAhitub conceived Zadok, and Zadok conceived AhimaazAhimaaz conceived Azariah; Azariah conceived JohananJohanan conceived Azariah. He is the one who executed the priestly office in the house that Solomon built in JerusalemNow Azariah conceived Amariah, and Amariah conceived AhitubAhitub conceived Zadok, and Zadok conceived ShallumShallum conceived Hilkiah, and Hilkiah conceived AzariahAzariah conceived Seraiah, and Seraiah conceived JehozadakNow Jehozadak departed, when the Lord took away Judah and Jerusalem, by the hands of NebuchadnezzarSo the sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath, and MerariAnd these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and ShimeiThe sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and UzzielThe sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And so these are the kindred of Levi, according to their familiesOf Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his sonJoah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his sonThe sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his sonElkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his sonTahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, Shaul his sonThe sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimotand Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his sonEliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his sonThe sons of Samuel: Vasseni the firstborn, and AbijahNow the sons of Merari were: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his sonShimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his sonThese are the ones whom David appointed over the singing men in the house of the Lord, in the place where the ark was locatedAnd they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony with singing, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. And they would stand according to their order in the ministryTruly, these are the ones who were assisting, with their sons, from the sons of Kohath: the singer Heman, the son of Joel, the son of Samuelthe son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toahthe son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasaithe son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniahthe son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korahthe son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of IsraelAnd there was also his brother, Asaph, who was standing at his right, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimeathe son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijahthe son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiahthe son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimeithe son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of LeviNow the sons of Merari, their brothers, were on the left: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluchthe son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiahthe son of Amzi, the son of Boni, the son of Shemerthe son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of LeviThere were also their brothers, Levites who were appointed for every ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the LordTruly, Aaron and his sons were burning offerings upon the altar of holocausts and upon the altar of incense, for the entire work of the Holy of Holies, and to pray on behalf of Israel, in accord with all the things that Moses, the servant of God, had instructedNow these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his sonBukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his sonMeraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his sonZadok his son, Ahimaaz his sonAnd these are their habitations according to the villages and confines, specifically of the sons of Aaron, according to the kindred of the Kohathites. For it fell to them by lotAnd so, they gave Hebron, in the land of Judah, and its suburbs all around, to thembut they gave the fields of the city, and the villages, to Caleb, the son of JephunnehThen, to the sons of Aaron, they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, and Libnah with its suburbsalso Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs, then also Hilen and Debir with their suburbsas well as Ashan and Beth-shemesh with their suburbsAnd from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its suburbs, and Alemeth with its suburbs, as well as Anathoth with its suburbs. All the cities throughout their kindred were thirteenNow to the sons of Kohath, those remaining from their kindred, they gave ten cities, from the one half tribe of Manasseh, as a possessionand to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe Manasseh in Bashan: thirteen citiesThen to the sons of Merari, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, they gave by lot twelve citiesAlso, the sons of Israel gave, to the Levites, cities and their suburbsand they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities, which they called by their namesAnd for those who were from the kindred of the sons of Kohath, the cities with their borders were from the tribe of EphraimThen they gave to them the cities of refuge: Shechem with its suburbs on mount Ephraim, and Gezer with its suburbsas well as Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon similarlyand indeed Hilen with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon in the same mannerThen too, out of the one half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its suburbs, Bileam and its suburbs; these in particular went to those who were remaining from the kindred of the sons of KohathAnd to the sons of Gershom, from the kindred of the one half tribe of Manasseh: Golan, in Bashan, and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbsfrom the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its suburbs, and Daberath with its suburbsas well as Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbstruly, from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon similarlyas well as Hukkok and its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbsmoreover, from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim and its suburbsThen to the remaining sons of Merari, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and its suburbs, and Tabor with its suburbsand also, across the Jordan opposite Jericho, facing the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbsas well as Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbsindeed also, from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbsthen too, Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs
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