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1 Chronicles 6
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The Family of Levi(A)

6 The sons of Levi were (B)Gershon,[a] Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, (C)Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were (D)Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua; 5 Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi; 6 Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth; 7 Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; 8 (E)Ahitub begot (F)Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz; 9 Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan; 10 Johanan begot Azariah (it was he (G)who ministered as priest in the (H)temple[b] that Solomon built in Jerusalem); 11 (I)Azariah begot (J)Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; 12 Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot [c]Shallum; 13 Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah; 14 Azariah begot (K)Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak. 15 Jehozadak went into captivity (L)when the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi were (M)Gershon,[d] Kohath, and Merari. 17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon: 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 Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, (N)Zimmah his son, 21 [e]Joah his son, [f]Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and [g]Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath were [h]Amminadab his son, (O)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 (P)Amasai and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were [i]Zophai his son, [j]Nahath his son, 27 [k]Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel were [l]Joel the firstborn, and Abijah [m]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, and Asaiah his son.

Musicians in the House of the Lord

31 Now these are (Q)the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the (R)ark came to rest. 32 They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

33 And these are the ones who [n]ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the (S)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 [o]Eliel, the son of [p]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 (T)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 brother (U)Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph 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 (V)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 Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were [q]Ethan the son of [r]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 brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every (W)kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

The Family of Aaron

49 (X)But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices (Y)on the altar of burnt offering and (Z)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 (AA)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.

Dwelling Places of the Levites(AB)

54 (AC)Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites: 55 (AD)They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding [s]common-lands. 56 (AE)But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And (AF)to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands, 58 [t]Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands, 59 [u]Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, [v]Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.

61 (AG)To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave (AH)by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh. 62 And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 63 To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave (AI)twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun. 64 So the children of Israel gave these cities with their [w]common-lands to the Levites. 65 And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.

66 Now (AJ)some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. 67 (AK)And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands, 68 (AL)Jokmeam with its common-lands, Beth Horon with its common-lands, 69 Aijalon with its common-lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands. 70 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

71 From the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh the sons of Gershon were given Golan in Bashan with its common-lands and [x]Ashtaroth with its common-lands. 72 And from the tribe of Issachar: [y]Kedesh with its common-lands, Daberath with its common-lands, 73 Ramoth with its common-lands, and Anem with its common-lands. 74 And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common-lands, Abdon with its common-lands, 75 Hukok with its common-lands, and Rehob with its common-lands. 76 And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands.

77 From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given [z]Rimmon with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands. 78 And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands, Jahzah with its common-lands, 79 Kedemoth with its common-lands, and Mephaath with its common-lands. 80 And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common-lands, Mahanaim with its common-lands, 81 Heshbon with its common-lands, and Jazer with its common-lands.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1 Or Gershom, v. 16
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:10 Lit. house
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:12 Meshullam, 1 Chr. 9:11
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:16 Heb. Gershom, an alternate spelling for Gershon, vv. 1, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:21 Ethan, v. 42
  6. 1 Chronicles 6:21 Adaiah, v. 41
  7. 1 Chronicles 6:21 Ethni, v. 41
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:22 Izhar, vv. 2, 18
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:26 Zuph, v. 35; 1 Sam. 1:1
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:26 Toah, v. 34
  11. 1 Chronicles 6:27 Eliel, v. 34
  12. 1 Chronicles 6:28 So with LXX, Syr., Arab.; cf. v. 33 and 1 Sam. 8:2
  13. 1 Chronicles 6:28 Heb. Vasheni
  14. 1 Chronicles 6:33 Lit. stood with
  15. 1 Chronicles 6:34 Elihu, 1 Sam. 1:1
  16. 1 Chronicles 6:34 Tohu, 1 Sam. 1:1
  17. 1 Chronicles 6:44 Jeduthun, 1 Chr. 9:16; 25:1, 3, 6; 2 Chr. 35:15; Ps. 62:title
  18. 1 Chronicles 6:44 Or Kushaiah
  19. 1 Chronicles 6:55 open lands
  20. 1 Chronicles 6:58 Holon, Josh. 21:15
  21. 1 Chronicles 6:59 Ain, Josh. 21:16
  22. 1 Chronicles 6:60 Almon, Josh. 21:18
  23. 1 Chronicles 6:64 open lands
  24. 1 Chronicles 6:71 Beeshterah, Josh. 21:27
  25. 1 Chronicles 6:72 Kishon, Josh. 21:28
  26. 1 Chronicles 6:77 Heb. Rimmono, an alternate spelling of Rimmon, 1 Chr. 4:32
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1 Crónicas 6
La Biblia de las Américas

Descendientes de Leví

6 [a](A)Los hijos de Leví fueron Gersón, Coat y Merari. 2 Los hijos de Coat fueron Amram, Izhar, Hebrón y Uziel. 3 Los hijos de Amram fueron Aarón, Moisés y Miriam. Y los hijos de Aarón fueron Nadab, Abiú, Eleazar e Itamar. 4 Eleazar engendró a Finees y Finees engendró a Abisúa, 5 Abisúa engendró a Buqui y Buqui engendró a Uzi, 6 Uzi engendró a Zeraías y Zeraías engendró a Meraiot, 7 Meraiot engendró a Amarías y Amarías engendró a Ahitob, 8 Ahitob engendró a Sadoc(B) y Sadoc engendró a Ahimaas(C), 9 Ahimaas engendró a Azarías y Azarías engendró a Johanán, 10 Johanán engendró a Azarías(D) (este fue el que sirvió como sacerdote en la casa que Salomón había edificado en Jerusalén(E)), 11 Azarías engendró a Amarías(F) y Amarías engendró a Ahitob, 12 Ahitob engendró a Sadoc y Sadoc engendró a Salum, 13 Salum engendró a Hilcías e Hilcías engendró a Azarías, 14 Azarías engendró a Seraías(G) y Seraías engendró a Josadac, 15 y Josadac fue al destierro cuando el Señor llevó en cautiverio a Judá y a Jerusalén por mano de Nabucodonosor.

16 [b](H)Los hijos de Leví fueron Gersón, Coat y Merari. 17 Y estos son los nombres de los hijos de Gersón: Libni y Simei. 18 Los hijos de Coat fueron Amram, Izhar, Hebrón y Uziel. 19 Los hijos de Merari fueron Mahli y Musi(I). Y estas son las familias de los levitas conforme a sus casas paternas. 20 De Gersón: Libni su hijo, Jahat su hijo, Zima su hijo, 21 Joa su hijo, Iddo su hijo, Zera su hijo, Zeatrai su hijo. 22 Los hijos de Coat fueron Aminadab su hijo, Coré su hijo, Asir su hijo, 23 Elcana su hijo, Ebiasaf[c] su hijo, Asir su hijo, 24 Tahat su hijo, Uriel su hijo, Uzías su hijo, Saúl su hijo. 25 Los hijos de Elcana fueron Amasai y Ahimot. 26 En cuanto a Elcana, los hijos de Elcana fueron Zofai su hijo, Nahat su hijo. 27 Eliab su hijo, Jeroham su hijo, Elcana su hijo. 28 Los hijos de Samuel fueron Joel[d] el primogénito, y Abías el segundo(J). 29 Los hijos de Merari fueron Mahli, Libni su hijo, Simei su hijo, Uza su hijo, 30 Simea su hijo, Haguía su hijo, Asasías su hijo.

Cantores del templo

31 Y estos son los que David puso sobre el servicio del canto en la casa del Señor(K), después que el arca descansó allí(L). 32 Ministraban con el canto delante del tabernáculo de la tienda de reunión, hasta que Salomón edificó la casa del Señor en Jerusalén, y servían en[e] su oficio conforme a su orden. 33 Y estos son los que servían[f] con sus hijos: de los hijos de los coatitas eran Hemán el cantor, hijo de Joel, hijo de Samuel, 34 hijo de Elcana, hijo de Jeroham, hijo de Eliel, hijo de Toa, 35 hijo de Zuf, hijo de Elcana, hijo de Mahat, hijo de Amasai, 36 hijo de Elcana, hijo de Joel, hijo de Azarías, hijo de Sofonías, 37 hijo de Tahat, hijo de Asir, hijo de Abiasaf, hijo de Coré, 38 hijo de Izhar, hijo de Coat, hijo de Leví, hijo de Israel. 39 Y el hermano de Hemán, Asaf, estaba a su mano derecha: Asaf, hijo de Berequías, hijo de Simea, 40 hijo de Micael, hijo de Baasías, hijo de Malquías, 41 hijo de Etni, hijo de Zera, hijo de Adaía, 42 hijo de Etán, hijo de Zima, hijo de Simei, 43 hijo de Jahat, hijo de Gersón, hijo de Leví. 44 Y a la mano izquierda estaban sus parientes[g], hijos de Merari: Etán, hijo de Quisi, hijo de Abdi, hijo de Maluc, 45 hijo de Hasabías, hijo de Amasías, hijo de Hilcías, 46 hijo de Amsi, hijo de Bani, hijo de Semer, 47 hijo de Mahli, hijo de Musi, hijo de Merari, hijo de Leví. 48 Y sus parientes[h], los levitas, fueron designados[i] para todo el servicio del tabernáculo de la casa de Dios.

Descendientes de Aarón

49 Aarón y sus hijos sacrificaban[j] sobre el altar del holocausto(M) y sobre el altar del incienso(N), para toda la obra del lugar santísimo y para hacer expiación por Israel, conforme a todo lo que Moisés, siervo de Dios, había ordenado(O). 50 (P)Y estos son los hijos de Aarón: Eleazar su hijo, Finees su hijo, Abisúa su hijo, 51 Buqui su hijo, Uzi su hijo, Zeraías su hijo, 52 Meraiot su hijo, Amarías su hijo, Ahitob su hijo, 53 Sadoc su hijo, Ahimaas su hijo.

54 (Q)Y estas son sus moradas, conforme a sus campamentos dentro de sus territorios. A los hijos de Aarón, de las familias de los coatitas (pues a ellos les tocó la suerte primero), 55 a ellos les dieron Hebrón(R), en la tierra de Judá, y sus tierras de pastos alrededor de ella; 56 pero dieron los campos de la ciudad y sus aldeas a Caleb, hijo de Jefone(S). 57 Y a los hijos de Aarón dieron las siguientes ciudades de refugio: Hebrón, Libna con sus tierras de pastos, Jatir, Estemoa con sus tierras de pastos, 58 Hilén[k] con sus tierras de pastos, Debir con sus tierras de pastos, 59 Asán[l] con sus tierras de pastos y Bet-semes con sus tierras de pastos. 60 Y de la tribu de Benjamín: Geba con sus tierras de pastos, Alemet[m] con sus tierras de pastos y Anatot con sus tierras de pastos. Todas sus ciudades repartidas entre[n] sus familias fueron trece ciudades.

61 A los demás hijos de Coat fueron dadas por suerte diez ciudades de la familia de la tribu de Efraín, de la tribu de Dan y de la media tribu[o] de Manasés(T). 62 A los hijos de Gersón, según sus familias, fueron dadas de la tribu de Isacar, de la tribu de Aser, de la tribu de Neftalí y de la tribu de Manasés en Basán, trece ciudades. 63 A los hijos de Merari fueron dadas por suerte, según sus familias, de la tribu de Rubén, de la tribu de Gad y de la tribu de Zabulón, doce ciudades(U). 64 Así los hijos de Israel dieron a los levitas las ciudades con sus tierras de pastos(V). 65 Dieron por suerte de la tribu de los hijos de Judá, de la tribu de los hijos de Simeón y de la tribu de los hijos de Benjamín, estas ciudades que se mencionan por nombre(W).

66 Algunas de las familias de los hijos de Coat tuvieron ciudades de sus territorios de la tribu de Efraín(X). 67 Y les dieron las siguientes ciudades de refugio: Siquem con sus tierras de pastos en la tierra montañosa de Efraín, también Gezer con sus tierras de pastos, 68 Jocmeam con sus tierras de pastos, Bet-horón con sus tierras de pastos, 69 Ajalón con sus tierras de pastos y Gat-rimón con sus tierras de pastos; 70 y de la media tribu de Manasés: Aner con sus tierras de pastos y Bileam con sus tierras de pastos, para el resto de la familia de los hijos de Coat.

71 A los hijos de Gersón fueron dadas, de la familia de la media tribu de Manasés: Golán en Basán con sus tierras de pastos y Astarot con sus tierras de pastos; 72 y de la tribu de Isacar: Cedes con sus tierras de pastos, Daberat con sus tierras de pastos, 73 Ramot con sus tierras de pastos y Anem con sus tierras de pastos; 74 y de la tribu de Aser: Masal con sus tierras de pastos, Abdón con sus tierras de pastos, 75 Hucoc con sus tierras de pastos y Rehob con sus tierras de pastos; 76 y de la tribu de Neftalí: Cedes en Galilea con sus tierras de pastos, Hamón con sus tierras de pastos y Quiriataim con sus tierras de pastos.

77 A los demás levitas, los hijos de Merari, fueron dadas, de la tribu de Zabulón: Rimón con sus tierras de pastos, Tabor con sus tierras de pastos; 78 y más allá del Jordán en Jericó, al lado oriental del Jordán, les fueron dadas, de la tribu de Rubén: Beser en el desierto con sus tierras de pastos, Jaza con sus tierras de pastos, 79 Cademot con sus tierras de pastos y Mefaat con sus tierras de pastos; 80 y de la tribu de Gad: Ramot en Galaad con sus tierras de pastos, Mahanaim con sus tierras de pastos, 81 Hesbón con sus tierras de pastos y Jazer con sus tierras de pastos.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Crónicas 6:1 En el texto heb., cap. 5:27
  2. 1 Crónicas 6:16 En el texto heb., cap. 6:1
  3. 1 Crónicas 6:23 En Ex. 6:24, Abiasaf
  4. 1 Crónicas 6:28 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; el heb. omite: Joel. Véase vers. 33 y 1 Sam. 8:2
  5. 1 Crónicas 6:32 Lit., estaban sobre
  6. 1 Crónicas 6:33 Lit., estaban
  7. 1 Crónicas 6:44 Lit., hermanos
  8. 1 Crónicas 6:48 Lit., hermanos
  9. 1 Crónicas 6:48 Lit., dados
  10. 1 Crónicas 6:49 Lit., quemaban ofrenda
  11. 1 Crónicas 6:58 En Jos. 21:15, Holón
  12. 1 Crónicas 6:59 En Jos. 21:16, Aín
  13. 1 Crónicas 6:60 En Jos. 21:18, Almón
  14. 1 Crónicas 6:60 Lit., por
  15. 1 Crónicas 6:61 Así en Jos. 21:5; en el T.M., de la tribu, de la media tribu, de la mitad
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1 Chronicles 6
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Levi

6 [a]The sons of Levi:(A)

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

2 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(B)

3 The children of Amram:

Aaron, Moses and Miriam.(C)

The sons of Aaron:

Nadab, Abihu,(D) Eleazar(E) and Ithamar.(F)

4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,(G)

Phinehas the father of Abishua,

5 Abishua the father of Bukki,

Bukki the father of Uzzi,

6 Uzzi the father of Zerahiah,

Zerahiah the father of Meraioth,

7 Meraioth the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

8 Ahitub the father of Zadok,(H)

Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,

9 Ahimaaz the father of Azariah,

Azariah the father of Johanan,

10 Johanan the father of Azariah(I) (it was he who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),

11 Azariah the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

12 Ahitub the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Shallum,

13 Shallum the father of Hilkiah,(J)

Hilkiah the father of Azariah,

14 Azariah the father of Seraiah,(K)

and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.[b]

15 Jozadak(L) was deported when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi:(M)

Gershon,[c] Kohath and Merari.(N)

17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei.(O)

18 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(P)

19 The sons of Merari:(Q)

Mahli and Mushi.(R)

These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

20 Of Gershon:

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 descendants of Kohath:

Amminadab his son, Korah(S) his son,

Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son,

Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

24 Tahath his son, Uriel(T) his son,

Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.

25 The descendants of Elkanah:

Amasai, Ahimoth,

26 Elkanah his son,[d] Zophai his son,

Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son,

Jeroham his son, Elkanah(U) his son

and Samuel(V) his son.[e]

28 The sons of Samuel:

Joel[f](W) the firstborn

and Abijah the second son.

29 The descendants of Merari:

Mahli, Libni his son,

Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son

and Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians(X)

31 These are the men(Y) David put in charge of the music(Z) in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. 32 They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.

33 Here are the men who served, together with their sons:

From the Kohathites:

Heman,(AA) the musician,

the son of Joel,(AB) the son of Samuel,

34 the son of Elkanah,(AC) 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,(AD)

38 the son of Izhar,(AE) the son of Kohath,

the son of Levi, the son of Israel;

39 and Heman’s associate Asaph,(AF) who served at his right hand:

Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,(AG)

40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,[g]

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 Gershon, the son of Levi;

44 and from their associates, the Merarites,(AH) at his left hand:

Ethan 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 fellow Levites(AI) were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar(AJ) of burnt offering and on the altar of incense(AK) in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50 These were the descendants 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(AL) his son

and Ahimaaz his son.

54 These were the locations of their settlements(AM) allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):

55 They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. 56 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.(AN)

57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,[h](AO) Jattir,(AP) Eshtemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir,(AQ) 59 Ashan,(AR) Juttah[i] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,[j] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth,(AS) together with their pasturelands.

The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

62 The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

63 The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

64 So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns(AT) and their pasturelands. 65 From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.

66 Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

67 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,[k](AU) 68 Jokmeam,(AV) Beth Horon,(AW) 69 Aijalon(AX) and Gath Rimmon,(AY) together with their pasturelands.

70 And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

71 The Gershonites(AZ) received the following:

From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh

they received Golan in Bashan(BA) and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;

72 from the tribe of Issachar

they received Kedesh, Daberath,(BB) 73 Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;

74 from the tribe of Asher

they received Mashal, Abdon,(BC) 75 Hukok(BD) and Rehob,(BE) together with their pasturelands;

76 and from the tribe of Naphtali

they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon(BF) and Kiriathaim,(BG) together with their pasturelands.

77 The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:

From the tribe of Zebulun

they received Jokneam, Kartah,[l] Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;

78 from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho

they received Bezer(BH) in the wilderness, Jahzah, 79 Kedemoth(BI) and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;

80 and from the tribe of Gad

they received Ramoth in Gilead,(BJ) Mahanaim,(BK) 81 Heshbon and Jazer,(BL) together with their pasturelands.(BM)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-15 is numbered 5:27-41, and 6:16-81 is numbered 6:1-66.
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:14 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak; also in verse 15
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:16 Hebrew Gershom, a variant of Gershon; also in verses 17, 20, 43, 62 and 71
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:26 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Ahimoth 26 and Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah:
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:27 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Samuel 1:19,20 and 1 Chron. 6:33,34); Hebrew does not have and Samuel his son.
  6. 1 Chronicles 6:28 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 8:2 and 1 Chron. 6:33); Hebrew does not have Joel.
  7. 1 Chronicles 6:40 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, one Septuagint manuscript and Syriac Maaseiah
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:57 See Joshua 21:13; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah.
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:60 See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have Gibeon.
  11. 1 Chronicles 6:67 See Joshua 21:21; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Shechem, Gezer.
  12. 1 Chronicles 6:77 See Septuagint and Joshua 21:34; Hebrew does not have Jokneam, Kartah.
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