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1 Chronicles 6
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The Priestly Line

6 [a]The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2 The descendants of Kohath included 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 was the father of Phinehas.
Phinehas was the father of Abishua.
5 Abishua was the father of Bukki.
Bukki was the father of Uzzi.
6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah.
Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth.
7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah.
Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.
9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah.
Azariah was the father of Johanan.
10 Johanan was the father of Azariah, the high priest at the Temple[b] built by Solomon in Jerusalem.
11 Azariah was the father of Amariah.
Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Shallum.
13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah.
Hilkiah was the father of Azariah.
14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah.
Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak, 15 who went into exile when the Lord sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into captivity under Nebuchadnezzar.

The Levite Clans

16 [c]The sons of Levi were Gershon,[d] Kohath, and Merari.

17 The descendants of Gershon included Libni and Shimei.

18 The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi.

The following were the Levite clans, listed according to their ancestral descent:

20 The descendants of Gershon included Libni, Jahath, Zimmah, 21 Joah, Iddo, Zerah, and Jeatherai.

22 The descendants of Kohath included Amminadab, Korah, Assir, 23 Elkanah, Abiasaph,[e] Assir, 24 Tahath, Uriel, Uzziah, and Shaul.

25 The descendants of Elkanah included Amasai, Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah, Zophai, Nahath, 27 Eliab, Jeroham, Elkanah, and Samuel.[f]

28 The sons of Samuel were Joel[g] (the older) and Abijah (the second).

29 The descendants of Merari included Mahli, Libni, Shimei, Uzzah, 30 Shimea, Haggiah, and Asaiah.

The Temple Musicians

31 David assigned the following men to lead the music at the house of the Lord after the Ark was placed there. 32 They ministered with music at the Tabernacle[h] until Solomon built the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They carried out their work, following all the regulations handed down to them. 33 These are the men who served, along with their sons:

Heman the musician was from the clan of Kohath. His genealogy was traced back through Joel, Samuel, 34 Elkanah, Jeroham, Eliel, Toah, 35 Zuph, Elkanah, Mahath, Amasai, 36 Elkanah, Joel, Azariah, Zephaniah, 37 Tahath, Assir, Abiasaph, Korah, 38 Izhar, Kohath, Levi, and Israel.[i]

39 Heman’s first assistant was Asaph from the clan of Gershon.[j] Asaph’s genealogy was traced back through Berekiah, Shimea, 40 Michael, Baaseiah, Malkijah, 41 Ethni, Zerah, Adaiah, 42 Ethan, Zimmah, Shimei, 43 Jahath, Gershon, and Levi.

44 Heman’s second assistant was Ethan from the clan of Merari. Ethan’s genealogy was traced back through Kishi, Abdi, Malluch, 45 Hashabiah, Amaziah, Hilkiah, 46 Amzi, Bani, Shemer, 47 Mahli, Mushi, Merari, and Levi.

48 Their fellow Levites were appointed to various other tasks in the Tabernacle, the house of God.

Aaron’s Descendants

49 Only Aaron and his descendants served as priests. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, and they performed all the other duties related to the Most Holy Place. They made atonement for Israel by doing everything that Moses, the servant of God, had commanded them.

50 The descendants of Aaron were Eleazar, Phinehas, Abishua, 51 Bukki, Uzzi, Zerahiah, 52 Meraioth, Amariah, Ahitub, 53 Zadok, and Ahimaaz.

Territory for the Levites

54 This is a record of the towns and territory assigned by means of sacred lots to the descendants of Aaron, who were from the clan of Kohath. 55 This territory included Hebron and its surrounding pasturelands in Judah, 56 but the fields and outlying areas belonging to the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 57 So the descendants of Aaron were given the following towns, each with its pasturelands: Hebron (a city of refuge),[k] Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, 58 Holon,[l] Debir, 59 Ain,[m] Juttah,[n] and Beth-shemesh. 60 And from the territory of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,[o] Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, each with its pasturelands. So thirteen towns were given to the descendants of Aaron. 61 The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten towns from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh by means of sacred lots.

62 The descendants of Gershon received by sacred lots thirteen towns from the territories of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and from the Bashan area of Manasseh, east of the Jordan.

63 The descendants of Merari received by sacred lots twelve towns from the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

64 So the people of Israel assigned all these towns and pasturelands to the Levites. 65 The towns in the territories of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, mentioned above, were assigned to them by means of sacred lots.

66 The descendants of Kohath were given the following towns from the territory of Ephraim, each with its pasturelands: 67 Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim),[p] Gezer, 68 Jokmeam, Beth-horon, 69 Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon. 70 The remaining descendants of Kohath were assigned the towns of Aner and Bileam from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, each with its pasturelands.

71 The descendants of Gershon received the towns of Golan (in Bashan) and Ashtaroth from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, each with its pasturelands. 72 From the territory of Issachar, they were given Kedesh, Daberath, 73 Ramoth, and Anem, each with its pasturelands. 74 From the territory of Asher, they received Mashal, Abdon, 75 Hukok, and Rehob, each with its pasturelands. 76 From the territory of Naphtali, they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, each with its pasturelands.

77 The remaining descendants of Merari received the towns of Jokneam, Kartah,[q] Rimmon,[r] and Tabor from the territory of Zebulun, each with its pasturelands. 78 From the territory of Reuben, east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho, they received Bezer (a desert town), Jahaz,[s] 79 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, each with its pasturelands. 80 And from the territory of Gad, they received Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, 81 Heshbon, and Jazer, each with its pasturelands.

Footnotes

  1. 6:1 Verses 6:1-15 are numbered 5:27-41 in Hebrew text.
  2. 6:10 Hebrew the house.
  3. 6:16a Verses 6:16-81 are numbered 6:1-66 in Hebrew text.
  4. 6:16b Hebrew Gershom, a variant spelling of Gershon (see 6:1); also in 6:17, 20, 43, 62, 71.
  5. 6:23 Hebrew Ebiasaph, a variant spelling of Abiasaph (also in 6:37); compare parallel text at Exod 6:24.
  6. 6:27 As in some Greek manuscripts (see also 6:33-34); Hebrew lacks and Samuel.
  7. 6:28 As in some Greek manuscripts and the Syriac version (see also 6:33 and 1 Sam 8:2); Hebrew lacks Joel.
  8. 6:32 Hebrew the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
  9. 6:38 Israel is the name that God gave to Jacob.
  10. 6:39 Hebrew lacks from the clan of Gershon; see 6:43.
  11. 6:57 As in parallel text at Josh 21:13; Hebrew reads were given the cities of refuge: Hebron, and the following towns, each with its pasturelands.
  12. 6:58 As in parallel text at Josh 21:15; Masoretic Text reads Hilez; other manuscripts read Hilen.
  13. 6:59a As in parallel text at Josh 21:16; Hebrew reads Ashan.
  14. 6:59b As in Syriac version (see also Josh 21:16); Hebrew lacks Juttah.
  15. 6:60 As in parallel text at Josh 21:17; Hebrew lacks Gibeon.
  16. 6:66-67 As in parallel text at Josh 21:21; Hebrew text reads were given the cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and the following towns, each with its pasturelands.
  17. 6:77a As in Greek version (see also Josh 21:34); Hebrew lacks Jokneam, Kartah.
  18. 6:77b As in Greek version (see also Josh 19:13); Hebrew reads Rimmono.
  19. 6:78 Hebrew Jahzah, a variant spelling of Jahaz.
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1 Chronicles 6
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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. 1 Chronicles 6:1 Ch 5:27 in Hebrew
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:16 Ch 6:1 in Hebrew
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:28 Septuagint, Syriac (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew lacks Joel
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:28 Hebrew and Abijah
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:60 Septuagint, Syriac (compare Joshua 21:17); Hebrew lacks Gibeon
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1 Chronicles 6
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High priests

6 [a] Levi’s family: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

2 Kohath’s family: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 Amram’s family: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.

Aaron’s family: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas of Abishua, 5 Abishua of Bukki, Bukki of Uzzi, 6 Uzzi of Zerahiah, Zerahiah of Meraioth, 7 Meraioth of Amariah, Amariah of Ahitub, 8 Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Ahimaaz, 9 Ahimaaz of Azariah, Azariah of Johanan, 10 and Johanan of Azariah. He was the one who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.

11 Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah of Ahitub, 12 Ahitub of Zadok, Zadok of Shallum, 13 Shallum of Hilkiah, Hilkiah of Azariah, 14 Azariah of Seraiah, and Seraiah of Jehozadak. 15 Jehozadak went away when the Lord caused Judah and Jerusalem to be exiled by Nebuchadnezzar.

Levites

16 [b] Levi’s family: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 These are the names of Gershom’s family: Libni and Shimei.

18 Kohath’s family: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 Merari’s family: Mahli and Mushi.

These are the Levites’ clans according to their fathers:

20 Of Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, 21 his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

22 Kohath’s family: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, 23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, 24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.

25 Elkanah’s family: Amasai and Ahimoth, 26 his son Elkanah,[c] his son Zophai, his son Nahath, 27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.

28 Samuel’s family: the oldest Joel,[d] and the second Abijah.

29 Merari’s family: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, 30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.

Levitical singers

31 David put the following in charge of the music in the Lord’s house after the chest was placed there. 32 They ministered with song before the dwelling of the meeting tent, until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. They carried out their usual duties. 33 Those who served and their families were:

Kohath’s family: 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 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 His relative was Asaph, who stood on his right, that is, Asaph 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 were their relatives, Merari’s family: Ethan 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 Their relatives the Levites were dedicated to all the services of the dwelling for God’s house.

Priests from Aaron’s line

49 Aaron and his sons sacrificed on the altar for entirely burned offerings and on the altar for incense, doing all the work of the holiest place, to make reconciliation for Israel, just as Moses, God’s servant, had commanded.

50 This was Aaron’s family: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua, 51 his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah, 52 his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub, 53 his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.

Levitical cities

54 These are the places they lived by their camps within their territory. To Aaron’s family from the Kohathite clan, as chosen by lot, 55 they gave Hebron in the land of Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. 56 But the city’s fields and its settlements they gave to Caleb, Jephunneh’s son. 57 To Aaron’s family they gave the refuge cities: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, 58 Hilen[e] with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, 59 Ashan with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands,[f] and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands. 60 From Benjamin’s tribe: Gibeon with its pasturelands,[g] Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. They had thirteen towns within their clan.

61 The remaining Kohathites were given ten towns by lot from the clan of half the tribe of Manasseh. 62 The Gershomites received by lot according to their clans thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan. 63 The Merarites received by lot according to their clans twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 64 In this way the Israelites gave the Levites the towns with their pasturelands. 65 They gave these towns, which they designated by name, by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

66 Some of the Kohathite clans had towns of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. 67 They gave them refuge cities: Shechem with its pasturelands in the Ephraimite highlands, Gezer with its pasturelands, 68 Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands, 69 Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands; 70 and from half the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach[h] with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the Kohathite clans who remained.

71 To the Gershomites from the clan of half the tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands; 72 from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands and Daberath with its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth with its pasturelands and Anem with its pasturelands; 74 from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, and 75 Helkath[i] with its pasturelands and Rehob with 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 remaining Merarites from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam with its pasturelands,[j] Rimmon[k] with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands;[l] 78 on the other side of the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the desert with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, 79 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands; 80 and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, 81 Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1 5:27 in Heb
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:16 6:1 in Heb
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:26 LXX; MT repeats Elkanah.
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:28 LXX, Syr; MT lacks Joel.
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:58 LXX, cf Josh 15:51; MT Hilez
  6. 1 Chronicles 6:59 LXX, Syr, cf Josh 21:16; MT lacks Juttah.
  7. 1 Chronicles 6:60 Cf Josh 21:17; MT lacks Gibeon.
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:70 Cf Josh 21:25; MT Aner
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:75 Cf Josh 21:31; MT Hukkok
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:77 Cf Josh 21:34; MT lacks Jokneam.
  11. 1 Chronicles 6:77 LXX; MT Rimmono
  12. 1 Chronicles 6:77 Cf Josh 21:35; MT lacks Nahalal.
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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. 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.
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:10 And did valiantly resist king Uzziah, who would have usurped the Priest’s office, 2 Chron. 26:17, 18.
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:15 That is, he was led into captivity with his father Seraiah the high Priest, 2 Kings 25:18.
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:22 Who seemeth to be called Izhar, Exod. 6:21.
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:28 Who is also called Joel, 1 Sam. 8:2 and 1 Chron. 6:33.
  6. 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.
  7. 1 Chronicles 6:32 Read Exod. 27:21.
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:37 Or, nephews.
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:39 Or, cousin.
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:39 Meaning, the cousin of Heman, verse 33.
  11. 1 Chronicles 6:48 The Levites are called the singers brethen because they came of the same stock.
  12. 1 Chronicles 6:48 Read Num. 4:4.
  13. 1 Chronicles 6:54 Or, cities which were given to the Levites.
  14. 1 Chronicles 6:54 They were first appointed, and prepared for.
  15. 1 Chronicles 6:55 Which was also called Kirjath Arba, Gen. 23:2; Josh. 21:11.
  16. 1 Chronicles 6:57 That he that had killed a man might flee thereunto for succor till his cause were tried, Deut. 19:2.
  17. 1 Chronicles 6:58 Which Joshua calleth Holon, Josh. 15:51 and 21:15.
  18. 1 Chronicles 6:60 Or, Almon, Josh. 21:18.
  19. 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.
  20. 1 Chronicles 6:70 Or, Tanach, Josh. 21:25.
  21. 1 Chronicles 6:70 Or, Gath Rimmon.
  22. 1 Chronicles 6:71 Who in the first verse is called also Gershon.
  23. 1 Chronicles 6:71 Or, Be Eshterah, Josh. 21:27.
  24. 1 Chronicles 6:72 Or, Kishion, Josh. 21:28.
  25. 1 Chronicles 6:73 Or, Jarmuth, Josh. 21:29.
  26. 1 Chronicles 6:73 Or, En Gannim, Josh. 21:29.
  27. 1 Chronicles 6:75 Or, Helkath, Josh. 21:31.
  28. 1 Chronicles 6:76 Or, Hammoth Dor, Josh. 21:32.
  29. 1 Chronicles 6:76 Or, Kartan, Josh. 21:32.
  30. 1 Chronicles 6:77 Or, Jokneam.
  31. 1 Chronicles 6:77 Or, Kartah, Josh. 21:34.
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