1 Chronicles 6
English Standard Version
Descendants of Levi
6 [a] (A)The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 (B)The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 (C)The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. (D)The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 (E)(F)Eleazar fathered (G)Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, 5 Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, 6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered (H)Meraioth, 7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 8 (I)Ahitub fathered (J)Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, 9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, 10 and Johanan fathered Azariah ((K)it was he who served as priest (L)in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem). 11 (M)Azariah fathered (N)Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 12 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered (O)Shallum, 13 Shallum fathered (P)Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, 14 Azariah fathered (Q)Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; 15 and (R)Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile (S)by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 [b] The (T)sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: (U)Libni and Shimei. 18 (V)The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 19 (W)The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 (X)Of Gershom: Libni his son, (Y)Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 22 (Z)The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel: Joel[c] his firstborn, the second Abijah.[d] 29 (AA)The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
31 These are the men (AB)whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord (AC)after the ark rested there. 32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. 33 These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of (AD)Samuel, 34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, 35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, 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 and his brother (AE)Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, 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 Zimmah, son of Shimei, 43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. 44 On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, 45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, 46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, 47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. 48 And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49 But Aaron and his sons made offerings (AF)on the altar of burnt offering and on (AG)the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and (AH)to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 (AI)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 These are their dwelling places according to their (AJ)settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the (AK)clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot, 55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, 56 (AL)but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 (AM)To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, 58 Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, 59 Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands; 60 and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon,[e] Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.
61 (AN)To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. 62 To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan. 63 (AO)To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 64 (AP)So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands. 65 They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin (AQ)these cities that are mentioned by name.
66 (AR)And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, 68 (AS)Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands, 69 Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands, 70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.
71 (AT)To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and (AU)Ashtaroth with its pasturelands; 72 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands; 74 out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, 75 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands; 76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands. 77 (AV)To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: (AW)Rimmono with its pasturelands, (AX)Tabor with its pasturelands, 78 and (AY)beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, 79 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands; 80 and out of the tribe of Gad: (AZ)Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, (BA)Mahanaim with its pasturelands, 81 (BB)Heshbon with its pasturelands, and (BC)Jazer with its pasturelands.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 6:1 Ch 5:27 in Hebrew
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 Ch 6:1 in Hebrew
- 1 Chronicles 6:28 Septuagint, Syriac (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew lacks Joel
- 1 Chronicles 6:28 Hebrew and Abijah
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 Septuagint, Syriac (compare Joshua 21:17); Hebrew lacks Gibeon
1 Chronicles 6
1599 Geneva Bible
6 1 The genealogy of the sons of Levi. 31 Their order in the ministry of the Tabernacle. 49 Aaron and his sons Priests. 54, 57 Their inhabitations.
1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 (A)And the sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 And the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron, (B)Nadab, and Abihu, and (C)Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth.
7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8 And Ahitub begat [a]Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
10 And Johanan begat Azariah (it was he that was [b]Priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.)
11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
15 And [c]Jehozadak departed when the Lord carried away into captivity Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 ¶ The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershon, Libni, and Shimei.
18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi: and these are the families of Levi concerning their fathers.
20 Of Gershon, Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath, [d]Amminadab his son, (D)Korah his son, Assir his son,
23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son,
25 And the sons of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26 Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son,
28 And the sons of Samuel, the eldest [e]Vasheni, then Abijah.
29 ¶ The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31 And these be they whom David set for to sing in the house of the Lord, after that the Ark had [f]rest.
32 And they ministered before the Tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Congregation with [g]singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: then they continued in their office, according to their custom.
33 And these ministered with their children: of the sons of Kohath, Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37 The son of Tahath, the [h]son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel,
39 And his [i]brother [j]Asaph stood on his right hand: and Asaph was the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.
44 And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand, even Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48 ¶ And their [k]brethren the Levites were [l]appointed unto all the service of the Tabernacle of the house of God,
49 But Aaron and his sons burnt incense upon the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all that was to do in the most holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50 These are also 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, and Ahimaaz his son.
54 ¶ And these are the [m]dwelling places of them throughout their towns and coasts, even of the sons of Aaron for the family of the Kohathites, for the [n]lot was theirs.
55 So they gave them [o]Hebron in the land of Judah and the suburbs thereof round about it.
56 But the field of the city, and the villages thereof they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah for [p]refuge, even Hebron and Libnah with their suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with their suburbs,
58 And [q]Hilen with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
59 And Ashan and her suburbs, and Beth Shemesh and her suburbs:
60 ¶ And of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and her suburbs, and [r]Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs: all their cities were thirteen cities by their families.
61 And unto the sons of [s]Kohath the remnant of the family of the tribe, even of the half tribe of the half of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.
62 And to the sons of Gershon 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.
63 Unto the sons of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities.
64 Thus the children of Israel gave to the Levites cities with their suburbs.
65 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 they called by their names.
66 And they of the families of the sons of Kohath, had cities and their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67 (E)And they gave unto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbs, and Gezer and her suburbs,
68 Jokmeam also and her suburbs, and Beth Horon with her suburbs,
69 And Aijalon and her suburbs, and Gath Rimmon and her suburbs.
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, [t]Aner and her suburbs, and [u]Bileam and her suburbs, for the families of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
71 Unto the sons of [v]Gershon out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, and her suburbs, and [w]Ashtaroth with her suburbs.
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar, [x]Kedesh and her suburbs, Daberath and her suburbs,
73 [y]Ramoth also and her suburbs, and [z]Anem with her suburbs.
74 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and her suburbs, and Abdon and her suburbs,
75 And [aa]Hukok and her suburbs, and Rehob and her suburbs,
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and her suburbs, and [ab]Hammon and her suburbs, and [ac]Kirjathaim and her suburbs.
77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun [ad]Rimmon and her suburbs, [ae]Tabor and her suburbs,
78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, even on the Eastside of Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben, (F)Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
79 And Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs.
80 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 6:8 Which was high priest after that Abiathar was deposed, according to the prophecy of Eli the Priest, 1 Sam. 2:31, 35.
- 1 Chronicles 6:10 And did valiantly resist king Uzziah, who would have usurped the Priest’s office, 2 Chron. 26:17, 18.
- 1 Chronicles 6:15 That is, he was led into captivity with his father Seraiah the high Priest, 2 Kings 25:18.
- 1 Chronicles 6:22 Who seemeth to be called Izhar, Exod. 6:21.
- 1 Chronicles 6:28 Who is also called Joel, 1 Sam. 8:2 and 1 Chron. 6:33.
- 1 Chronicles 6:31 After it was brought to that place where the Temple should be built and was no more carried to and fro.
- 1 Chronicles 6:32 Read Exod. 27:21.
- 1 Chronicles 6:37 Or, nephews.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 Or, cousin.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 Meaning, the cousin of Heman, verse 33.
- 1 Chronicles 6:48 The Levites are called the singers brethen because they came of the same stock.
- 1 Chronicles 6:48 Read Num. 4:4.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54 Or, cities which were given to the Levites.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54 They were first appointed, and prepared for.
- 1 Chronicles 6:55 Which was also called Kirjath Arba, Gen. 23:2; Josh. 21:11.
- 1 Chronicles 6:57 That he that had killed a man might flee thereunto for succor till his cause were tried, Deut. 19:2.
- 1 Chronicles 6:58 Which Joshua calleth Holon, Josh. 15:51 and 21:15.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 Or, Almon, Josh. 21:18.
- 1 Chronicles 6:61 That is, they gave a portion to the Kohathites, which were the remnant of the tribe of Levi, out of the half tribe of Manasseh and out of Ephraim, verse 66.
- 1 Chronicles 6:70 Or, Tanach, Josh. 21:25.
- 1 Chronicles 6:70 Or, Gath Rimmon.
- 1 Chronicles 6:71 Who in the first verse is called also Gershon.
- 1 Chronicles 6:71 Or, Be Eshterah, Josh. 21:27.
- 1 Chronicles 6:72 Or, Kishion, Josh. 21:28.
- 1 Chronicles 6:73 Or, Jarmuth, Josh. 21:29.
- 1 Chronicles 6:73 Or, En Gannim, Josh. 21:29.
- 1 Chronicles 6:75 Or, Helkath, Josh. 21:31.
- 1 Chronicles 6:76 Or, Hammoth Dor, Josh. 21:32.
- 1 Chronicles 6:76 Or, Kartan, Josh. 21:32.
- 1 Chronicles 6:77 Or, Jokneam.
- 1 Chronicles 6:77 Or, Kartah, Josh. 21:34.
1 Chronicles 6
Modern English Version
Sons of Levi
6 The sons of Levi were
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 The sons of Kohath were
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram were
Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron were
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas the father of Abishua,
5 Abishua the father of Bukki, and Bukki the father of Uzzi.
6 Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah the father of Meraioth.
7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah father of Ahitub.
8 Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok father of Ahimaaz.
9 Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah father of Johanan.
10 Johanan became the father of Azariah (he was the one who ministered as a priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
11 Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah the father of Ahitub.
12 Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Shallum.
13 Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah the father of Azariah.
14 Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah of Jehozadak.
15 Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord led Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 The sons of Levi were
Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom:
Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari were
Mahli and Mushi.
Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
20 Of Gershom were
Libni his son, Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son,
Iddo his son, Zerah his son,
and Jeatherai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath were
Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son,
Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son,
Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
25 The sons of Elkanah were
Amasai and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son,
Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son,
Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
28 The sons of Samuel were
the firstborn Joel and Abijah.
29 The sons of Merari were
Mahli, Libni his son,
Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son,
and Asaiah his son.
The Temple Musicians(A)
31 These are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark rested there. 32 Now they were ministering before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting with singing until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they were arranged by their order according to their service.
33 These are the ones standing in order with their sons.
Of the sons of the Kohathites were
Heman the singer,
the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,
the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,
the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir,
the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
39 His brother Asaph, the one standing at his right hand, was
Asaph the son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,
40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,
the son of Malkijah, 41 the son of Ethni,
the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,
the son of Shimei, 43 the son of Jahath,
the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44 Of the sons of Merari, their brothers, standing on the left hand was
Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,
the son of Malluk, 45 the son of Hashabiah,
the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,
the son of Shemer, 47 the son of Mahli,
the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,
the son of Levi.
48 Their brothers the Levites also were appointed for all kinds of service to the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his sons were making sacrifices on the altar of the burnt offering and on 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 God had commanded.
50 Now 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,
and Ahimaaz his son.
54 And these are their dwelling places according to their walled settlements in their territory, for they were given to them, namely to the sons of Aaron and to the families of the Kohathites, by lot.
55 They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its surrounding outlands. 56 But the open fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah with the cities of refuge: Hebron and Libnah with its outlands, Jattir and Eshtemoa with their outlands, 58 Hilen with its outlands, Debir with its outlands, 59 Ashan with its outlands, and Beth Shemesh with its outlands. 60 From the tribe of Benjamin, they gave Geba with its outlands, Alemeth with its outlands, and Anathoth with its outlands.
All their cities throughout their families were thirteen.
61 To the sons of Kohath, those remaining from the family of that tribe, they gave ten cities by lot from half the tribe of Manasseh.
62 To the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave 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 in all.
63 To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave by lot from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities in all.
64 Thus, the sons of Israel gave cities with their outlands to the Levites. 65 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 are called by their names.
66 Then some from the families of the sons of Kohath received cities for their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
67 They gave to them with the cities of refuge: Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim with its outlands, Gezer with its outlands, 68 Jokmeam with its outlands, Beth Horon with its outlands, 69 Aijalon with its outlands, and Gath Rimmon with its outlands.
70 Also the half-tribe of Manasseh gave Aner with its outlands and Bileam with its outlands for the remaining family of the sons of Kohath.
71 To the sons of Gershom, the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh gave Golan in Bashan with its outlands and Ashtaroth with its outlands.
72 From the tribe of Issachar, they received Kedesh with its outlands, Daberath with its outlands, 73 Ramoth with its outlands, and Anem with its outlands.
74 From the tribe of Asher, they received Mashal with its outlands, Abdon with its outlands, 75 Hukok with its outlands, and Rehob with its outlands.
76 From the tribe of Naphtali, they received Kedesh in Galilee with its outlands, Hammon with its outlands, and Kiriathaim with its outlands.
77 To the remaining sons of Merari, the tribe of Zebulun gave Rimmono with its outlands and Tabor with its outlands.
78 Then on the other side of the Jordan opposite Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer in the wilderness with its outlands, Jahzah with its outlands, 79 Kedemoth with its outlands, and Mephaath with its outlands.
80 And from the tribe of Gad, they received Ramoth in Gilead with its outlands, Mahanaim with its outlands, 81 Heshbon with its outlands, and Jazer with its outlands.
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