Genealogy from Reuben

5 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for ^(A)he was the firstborn, but because ^(B)he defiled his father’s bed, ^(C)his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright. ^2 (D)Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and ^(E)from him came the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph), ^3 (F)the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. ⁴ The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, ^(G)Shimei his son, ⁵ Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶ Beerah his son, whom ^[a]Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites. ⁷ His ^[b]kinsmen by their families, ^(H)in the genealogy of their generations, were Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah ⁸ and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in ^(I)Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal-meon. ⁹ To the east he settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, ^(J)because their cattle had increased in the land of Gilead. ¹⁰ In the days of Saul ^(K)they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, so that they ^[c]occupied their tents throughout ^[d]all the land east of Gilead.

¹¹ Now the sons of Gad lived opposite them in the land of ^(L)Bashan as far as ^(M)Salecah. ¹² Joel was the chief and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan. ¹³ Their ^[e]kinsmen of their fathers’ households were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven. ¹⁴ These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; ¹⁵ Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their fathers’ households. ¹⁶ They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of ^(N)Sharon, as far as their ^[f]borders. ¹⁷ All of these were enrolled in the genealogies in the days of ^(O)Jotham king of Judah and in the days of ^(P)Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸ The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of valiant men, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and were skillful in battle, were 44,760, who ^(Q)went to war. ¹⁹ They made war against ^(R)the Hagrites, ^(S)Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. ²⁰ They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand; for ^(T)they cried out to God in the battle, and He answered their prayers because ^(U)they trusted in Him. ²¹ They took away their cattle: their 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000 ^[g]men. ²² For many fell slain, because ^(V)the war was of God. And ^(W)they settled in their place until the ^(X)exile.

²³ Now the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; from Bashan to Baal-hermon and ^(Y)Senir and Mount Hermon they were numerous. ²⁴ These were the heads of their fathers’ households, even Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ households.

²⁵ But they ^(Z)acted treacherously against the God of their fathers and ^(AA)played the harlot ^(AB)after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. ²⁶ So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of ^(AC)Pul, king of Assyria, even the spirit of ^[h]Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he ^(AD)carried them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

Genealogy: The Priestly Line

6 ^[i](AE)The sons of Levi were ^[j]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. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar ^[k]became the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas became the father of Abishua, ⁵ and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi, ⁶ and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth, ⁷ Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, ⁸ and ^(AF)Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok ^(AG)became the father of Ahimaaz, ⁹ and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan, ¹⁰ and Johanan became the father of Azariah (^(AH)it was he who served as the priest in the house ^(AI)which Solomon built in Jerusalem), ¹¹ and ^(AJ)Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, ¹² and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of ^[l]Shallum, ¹³ and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah, ¹⁴ and Azariah became the father of ^(AK)Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak; ¹⁵ and Jehozadak went along when the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem away into exile ^[m]by Nebuchadnezzar.

^16 [n](AL)The sons of Levi were ^[o]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 ^(AM)Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households. ²⁰ Of Gershom: 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 were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, ²³ Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son and 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 and Nahath his son, ²⁷ Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. ²⁸ The sons of Samuel were ^(AN)Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second. 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 (AO)Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, ^(AP)after the ark rested there. ³² They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they ^[p]served in their office according to their order. ³³ These are those who ^[q]served with their sons: From 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 Heman’s brother Asaph stood at his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, 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 Gershom, the son of Levi. ⁴⁴ On the left hand were their ^[r]kinsmen the sons of Merari: 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 Shemer, ⁴⁷ the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. ⁴⁸ Their ^[s]kinsmen the Levites were ^[t]appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons ^[u](AQ)offered on the altar of burnt offering and ^(AR)on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and ^(AS)to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. ^50 (AT)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 Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the ^(AU)first lot), ⁵⁵ to them they gave ^(AV)Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it; ^56 (AW)but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ^57 (AX)To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, ^58 [v]Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, ^59 [w]Ashan with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; ⁶⁰ and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasture lands, ^[x]Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

^61 (AY)Then to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, from the family of the tribe, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. ⁶² To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities in Bashan. ^63 (AZ)To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ^64 (BA)So the sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands. ⁶⁵ They gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, the tribe of the sons of Simeon and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, ^(BB)these cities which are mentioned by name.

^66 (BC)Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer also with its pasture lands, ⁶⁸ Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands, ⁶⁹ Aijalon with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; ⁷⁰ and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom were given, from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands; ⁷² and from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands ⁷³ and Ramoth with its pasture lands, Anem with its pasture lands; ⁷⁴ and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, ⁷⁵ Hukok with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; ⁷⁶ and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.

⁷⁷ To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands; ⁷⁸ and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands, ⁷⁹ Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; ⁸⁰ and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands, ⁸¹ Heshbon with its pasture lands and Jazer with its pasture lands.

Genealogy from Issachar

7 Now the sons of Issachar were four: Tola, ^[y]Puah, ^[z]Jashub and Shimron. ² The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; ^(BD)their number in the days of David was 22,600. ³ The ^[aa]son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were ^(BE)chief men. ⁴ With them by their generations according to their fathers’ households were 36,000 ^[ab]troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons. ⁵ Their ^[ac]relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000.

Descendants of Benjamin

^6 (BF)The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael. ⁷ The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were heads of fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 enrolled by genealogy. ⁸ The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. ⁹ They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ households, 20,200 mighty men of valor. ¹⁰ The ^[ad]son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. ¹¹ All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, 17,200 mighty men of valor, who were ^[ae]ready to go out with the army to war. ^12 [af]Shuppim and ^[ag]Huppim were the sons of ^[ah]Ir; Hushim was the ^[ai]son of ^[aj]Aher.

Sons of Naphtali

¹³ The sons of Naphtali were ^[ak]Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and ^[al]Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

Descendants of Manasseh

¹⁴ The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. ¹⁵ Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, ^[am]whose sister’s name was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. ¹⁶ Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. ¹⁷ The ^[an]son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. ¹⁸ His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod and ^[ao]Abiezer and Mahlah. ¹⁹ The sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.

Descendants of Ephraim

^20 (BG)The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah and ^[ap]Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, ²¹ Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take their livestock. ²² Their father Ephraim ^(BH)mourned many days, and his relatives ^(BI)came to comfort him. ²³ Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him ^[aq]Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house. ²⁴ His daughter was Sheerah, ^(BJ)who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah. ²⁵ Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son, ²⁶ Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ^27 [ar]Non his son and ^(BK)Joshua his son.

^28 (BL)Their possessions and settlements were Bethel with its towns, and to the east ^[as]Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as ^[at]Ayyah with its towns, ²⁹ and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, Dor with its towns. In these lived the ^(BM)sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

Descendants of Asher

^30 (BN)The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister. ³¹ The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. ³² Heber ^[au]became the father of Japhlet, ^[av]Shomer and Hotham, and Shua their sister. ³³ The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. ³⁴ The sons of ^[aw]Shemer were Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram. ³⁵ The ^[ax]sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal. ³⁶ The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri and Imrah, ³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera. ³⁸ The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa and Ara. ³⁹ The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel and Rizia. ⁴⁰ All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.

Paul’s Defense before Agrippa

26 ^(A)Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and proceeded to make his defense:

² “In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense before you today; ^3 [a]especially because you are an expert in all ^(B)customs and ^[b]questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

⁴ “So then, all Jews know ^(C)my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem; ⁵ since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a ^(D)Pharisee ^(E)according to the strictest ^(F)sect of our religion. ⁶ And now I am ^[c]standing trial ^(G)for the hope of ^(H)the promise made by God to our fathers; ⁷ the promise ^(I)to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this ^(J)hope, O King, I am being ^(K)accused by Jews. ⁸ Why is it considered incredible among you people ^(L)if God does raise the dead?

⁹ “So then, ^(M)I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to ^(N)the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ¹⁰ And this is ^[d]just what I ^(O)did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the ^[e]saints in prisons, having ^(P)received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I ^(Q)cast my vote against them. ¹¹ And ^(R)as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being ^(S)furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them ^(T)even to ^[f]foreign cities.

¹² “^[g]While so engaged ^(U)as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, ¹³ at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, ^[h]brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me. ¹⁴ And when we had ^(V)all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the ^[i](W)Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? ^[j]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ ¹⁵ And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. ¹⁶ But get up and ^(X)stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to ^(Y)appoint you a ^(Z)minister and ^(AA)a witness not only to the things which you have ^[k]seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; ^17 (AB)rescuing you ^(AC)from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, ¹⁸ to ^(AD)open their eyes so that they may turn from ^(AE)darkness to light and from the dominion of ^(AF)Satan to God, that they may receive ^(AG)forgiveness of sins and an ^(AH)inheritance among those who have been sanctified by ^(AI)faith in Me.’

¹⁹ “So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, ²⁰ but kept declaring both ^(AJ)to those of Damascus first, and also ^(AK)at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even ^(AL)to the Gentiles, that they should ^(AM)repent and turn to God, performing deeds ^(AN)appropriate to repentance. ²¹ For this reason some Jews ^(AO)seized me in the temple and tried ^(AP)to put me to death. ²² So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day ^(AQ)testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what ^(AR)the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place; ^23 [l](AS)that ^[m]the Christ was ^[n]to suffer, and ^[o]that ^(AT)by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim ^(AU)light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

²⁴ While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind! ^[p]Your great ^(AV)learning is ^[q]driving you mad.” ²⁵ But Paul *said, “I am not out of my mind, ^(AW)most excellent Festus, but I utter words ^[r]of sober truth. ²⁶ For the king ^[s](AX)knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a ^[t]corner. ²⁷ King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you ^[u]do.” ²⁸ Agrippa replied to Paul, “^[v]In a short time you ^[w]will persuade me to ^[x]become a ^(AY)Christian.” ²⁹ And Paul said, “^[y]I would wish to God, that whether ^[z]in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these ^(AZ)chains.”

^30 (BA)The king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them, ³¹ and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, “^(BB)This man is not doing anything worthy of death or ^[aa]imprisonment.” ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been ^(BC)set free if he had not ^(BD)appealed to Caesar.”