1 Chronicles 6
New International Version
Levi
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
28 The sons of Samuel:
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 Chronicles 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-15 is numbered 5:27-41, and 6:16-81 is numbered 6:1-66.
- 1 Chronicles 6:14 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak; also in verse 15
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 Hebrew Gershom, a variant of Gershon; also in verses 17, 20, 43, 62 and 71
- 1 Chronicles 6:26 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Ahimoth 26 and Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah:
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 6:40 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, one Septuagint manuscript and Syriac Maaseiah
- 1 Chronicles 6:57 See Joshua 21:13; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have Gibeon.
- 1 Chronicles 6:67 See Joshua 21:21; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Shechem, Gezer.
- 1 Chronicles 6:77 See Septuagint and Joshua 21:34; Hebrew does not have Jokneam, Kartah.
1 Cronica 6
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Ang mga Kaliwat ni Levi nga mga Pari
6 Amo ini ang mga anak nga lalaki ni Levi: si Gershon,[a] Kohat, kag Merari. 2 Ang mga anak ni Kohat amo sila ni Amram, Izhar, Hebron, kag Uziel. 3 Ang mga anak ni Amram amo sila ni Aaron, Moises, kag Miriam. Ang mga anak ni Aaron amo sila ni Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, kag Itamar. 4 Si Eleazar amay ni Finehas, si Finehas amay ni Abishua, 5 kag si Abishua amay ni Buki. Si Buki amay ni Uzi, 6 si Uzi amay ni Zerahia, kag si Zerahia amay ni Merayot. 7 Si Merayot amay ni Amaria, si Amaria amay ni Ahitub, 8 kag si Ahitub amay ni Zadok. Si Zadok amay ni Ahimaaz, 9 si Ahimaaz amay ni Azaria, kag si Azaria amay ni Johanan. 10 Si Johanan amay ni Azaria nga amo ang pangulo nga pari sa templo nga ginpatindog ni Solomon sa Jerusalem. 11 Si Azaria amay ni Amaria, si Amaria amay ni Ahitub, 12 kag si Ahitub amay ni Zadok. Si Zadok amay ni Shalum, 13 si Shalum amay ni Hilkia, kag si Hilkia amay ni Azaria. 14 Si Azaria amay ni Seraya, kag si Seraya amay ni Jehozadak. 15 Si Jehozadak nga ini naupod sa mga bihag sang ginpabihag sang Ginoo ang mga taga-Juda kag taga-Jerusalem kay Nebucadnezar.
Ang mga Kaliwat ni Levi nga mga Levita
16 Ang mga anak nga lalaki ni Levi amo sila ni Gershon, Kohat, kag Merari. 17 Ang mga anak ni Gershon amo si Libni kag si Shimei. 18 Ang mga anak ni Kohat amo sila ni Amram, Izhar, Hebron, kag Uziel. 19 Ang mga anak nga lalaki ni Merari amo si Mali kag si Mushi.
Amo ini ang mga pamilya sang mga Levita nga ginlista suno sa ila mga katigulangan:
20 Sa mga kaliwat ni Gershon: Libni, Jahat, Zima, 21 Joa, Iddo, Zera, kag Jeaterai.
22 Sa mga kaliwat ni Kohat: Aminadab, Kora, Asir, 23 Elkana, Ebiasaf,[b] Asir, 24 Tahat, Uriel, Uzia, kag Shaul. 25 Sa mga kaliwat ni Elkana: Amasai, Ahimot, 26 Elkana, Zofai, Nahat, 27 Eliab, Jeroham, Elkana, kag Samuel.[c] 28 Ang mga anak ni Samuel amo si Joel,[d] ang kamagulangan, kag ang ikaduha amo si Abia.
29 Sa mga kaliwat ni Merari: Mali, Libni, Shimei, Uza, 30 Shimea, Haggia, kag Asaya.
Ang mga Musikero sa Templo
31 May mga tawo nga gintugyanan ni David sa pagkanta kag pagtukar sa balay sang Ginoo sa tapos masaylo didto ang Kahon sang Kasugtanan. 32 Nag-alagad sila paagi sa pagkanta didto sa Tolda nga Simbahan (nga ginatawag man nga Tolda nga Ginapakigkitaan), hasta sa tion nga napatindog ni Solomon ang templo sang Ginoo sa Jerusalem. Ginhimo nila ang ila buluhaton suno sa mga pagsulundan nga ginpatuman sa ila. 33 Amo ini sila ang mga nag-alagad upod sa ila mga anak:
Si Heman nga musikero nga kaliwat ni Kohat. (Si Heman anak ni Joel. Si Joel anak ni Samuel. Si Samuel anak ni Elkana. 34 Si Elkana anak ni Jeroham. Si Jeroham anak ni Eliel. Si Eliel anak ni Toa. 35 Si Toa anak ni Zuf. Si Zuf anak ni Elkana. Si Elkana anak ni Mahat. Si Mahat anak ni Amasai. 36 Si Amasai anak ni Elkana. Si Elkana anak ni Joel. Si Joel anak ni Azaria. Si Azaria anak ni Zefanias. 37 Si Zefanias anak ni Tahat. Si Tahat anak ni Asir. Si Asir anak ni Ebiasaf. Si Ebiasaf anak ni Kora. 38 Si Kora anak ni Izhar. Si Izhar anak ni Kohat. Si Kohat anak ni Levi. Si Levi anak ni Israel.)
39 Si Asaf nga kaliwat ni Gershon. Siya ang primero nga kabulig ni Heman. (Si Asaf anak ni Berekia. Si Berekia anak ni Shimea. 40 Si Shimea anak ni Micael. Si Micael anak ni Baasea. Si Baasea anak ni Malkia. 41 Si Malkia anak ni Etni. Si Etni anak ni Zera. Si Zera anak ni Adaya. 42 Si Adaya anak ni Etan. Si Etan anak ni Zima. Si Zima anak ni Shimei. 43 Si Shimei anak ni Jahat. Si Jahat anak ni Gershon. Si Gershon anak ni Levi.)
44 Si Etan nga kaliwat ni Merari. Siya ang ikaduha nga kabulig ni Heman. (Si Etan anak ni Kishi. Si Kishi anak ni Abdi. Si Abdi anak ni Maluc. 45 Si Maluc anak ni Hashabia. Si Hashabia anak ni Amazia. Si Amazia anak ni Hilkia. 46 Si Hilkia anak ni Amzi. Si Amzi anak ni Bani. Si Bani anak ni Shemer. 47 Si Shemer anak ni Mali. Si Mali anak ni Mushi. Si Mushi anak ni Merari. Kag si Merari anak ni Levi.)
48 Ang ila kapareho nga mga Levita ginhatagan sang iban nga mga buluhaton sa Tolda nga Ginapakigkitaan, ang balay sang Dios. 49 Pero si Aaron kag ang iya mga kaliwat amo lang ang ginhimo nga mga pari. Sila ang nagahalad sa halaran sang halad nga ginasunog kag sa halaran nga sulunugan sang insenso. Kag sila man ang nagahimo sang iban pa nga buluhaton nga may kaangtanan sa Labing Balaan nga Lugar. Nagahalad sila para matubos ang mga Israelinhon sa ila mga sala. Ginahimo nila ini suno sa tanan nga ginsugo ni Moises nga alagad sang Dios. 50 Amo ini ang mga kaliwat ni Aaron: si Eleazar, Finehas, Abishua, 51 Buki, Uzi, Zerahia, 52 Merayot, Amaria, Ahitub, 53 Zadok, kag Ahimaaz.
Ang mga Duta sang mga Kaliwat ni Levi
54 Amo ini ang mga lugar nga ginhatag sa mga kaliwat ni Aaron nga halin sa lahi ni Kohat. Sila ang una nga ginhatagan sang duta paagi sa paggabot-gabot. 55 Lakip sa sini nga mga lugar amo ang Hebron sa Juda kag ang mga palahalban sa palibot sini. 56 Pero ang mga kaumahan kag ang mga baryo sa palibot sang Hebron ginhatag kay Caleb nga anak ni Jefune. 57-59 Gani ginhatag sa mga kaliwat ni Aaron ang masunod nga mga lugar lakip ang mga palahalban sini: Hebron (ang dalangpan nga banwa), Libna, Jatir, Eshtemoa, Hilen,[e] Debir, Ashan,[f] Juta,[g] kag Bet Shemesh. 60 Kag halin sa duta sang tribo ni Benjamin ginhatag sa ila ang Gibeon,[h] Geba, Alemet, kag Anatot, lakip na ang mga palahalban sini. 13 tanan ka banwa ang ginhatag sa sining mga kaliwat ni Kohat. 61 Ang nabilin nga mga kaliwat ni Kohat ginhatagan sang 10 ka banwa paagi sa paggabot-gabot halin sa kadutaan sang katunga nga tribo ni Manase.
62 Ang mga kaliwat ni Gershon, suno sa kada pamilya, ginhatagan sang 13 ka banwa halin sa mga tribo ni Isacar, Asher, Naftali, kag halin sa katunga sang tribo ni Manase sa Bashan.
63 Ang mga kaliwat ni Merari, suno sa kada pamilya, ginhatagan sang 12 ka banwa halin sa tribo ni Reuben, Gad, kag Zebulun.
64 Gani ginhatag sang mga Israelinhon sa mga kaliwat ni Levi ang ini nga mga banwa kag ang mga palahalban sini. 65 Ginhatag sa ila paagi sa paggabot-gabot ang nasambit na nga mga banwa nga halin sa tribo ni Juda, Simeon, kag Benjamin. 66 Ang iban nga mga kaliwat ni Kohat ginhatagan sang mga banwa halin sa tribo ni Efraim. 67 Ginhatag sa ila ang Shekem (ang dalangpan nga banwa sa kabukiran sang Efraim), Gezer, 68 Jokmeam, Bet Horon, 69 Ayalon, kag Gat Rimon, pati na ang mga palahalban sini. 70 Ang iban pa gid nga kaliwat ni Kohat ginhatagan sang ila kapareho nga mga Israelinhon sang mga banwa halin sa katunga sang tribo ni Manase. Ang ginhatag sa ila amo ang Aner kag Bileam pati ang mga palahalban sini.
71 Ang mga kaliwat ni Gershon ginhatagan sang masunod nga mga banwa: Halin sa katunga sang tribo ni Manase: Golan sa Bashan kag ang Ashtarot, pati ang mga palahalban sini. 72 Halin sa tribo ni Isacar: Kedesh, Daberat, 73 Ramot, kag Anem, pati ang mga palahalban sini. 74 Halin sa tribo ni Asher: Mashal, Abdon, 75 Hukok, kag Rehob, pati ang mga palahalban sini. 76 Halin sa tribo ni Naftali: Kedesh sa Galilea, Hamon, kag Kiriataim, pati ang mga palahalban sini.
77 Ang nabilin nga mga kaliwat ni Merari ginhatagan sang masunod nga kadutaan: Halin sa tribo ni Zebulun: Jokneam, Karta,[i] Rimono, kag Tabor, pati ang mga palahalban sini. 78 Halin sa tribo ni Reuben sa tabok sang Suba sang Jordan sa sidlangan sang Jerico: Bezer sa may desierto, Jaza,[j] 79 Kedemot, kag Mefaat, pati ang mga palahalban sini. 80 Kag halin sa tribo ni Gad: Ramot sa Gilead, Mahanaim, 81 Heshbon, kag Jazer, pati ang mga palahalban sini.
Footnotes
- 6:1 Gershon: ukon, Gershom.
- 6:23 Ebiasaf: ukon, Abiasaf.
- 6:27 kag Samuel: Wala ini sa Hebreo, pero makita sa iban nga mga kopya sang Septuagint kag sa Syriac.
- 6:28 si Joel: Wala ini sa Hebreo, pero makita sa iban nga mga kopya sang Septuagint kag sa Syriac.
- 6:57-59 Hilen: ukon, Holon.
- 6:57-59 Ashan: ukon, Ain.
- 6:57-59 Juta: Wala ini sa Hebreo, pero makita sa Syriac.
- 6:60 Gibeon: Wala sa Hebreo, pero makita sa Jos. 21:17.
- 6:77 Jokneam, Karta: Wala ini sa Hebreo, pero makita sa Septuagint kag sa Jos. 21:34.
- 6:78 Jaza: ukon, Jahaz.
1 Chronicles 6
New English Translation
Levi’s Descendants
6 (5:27)[a] The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas was the father of Abishua. 5 Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi. 6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth. 7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub. 8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz. 9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan. 10 Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as a priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem. 11 Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub. 12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum. 13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah. 14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. 15 Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of[b] Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 (6:1)[c] The sons of Levi: Gershom,[d] Kohath, and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites by their families.[e]
20 To 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 The sons[f] of Kohath: 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 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,[g] 26 his son Elkanah,[h] his son Zophai, his son Nahath, 27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.[i]
28 The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn[j] and Abijah the second oldest.
29 The descendants of Merari: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, 30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.
Professional Musicians
31 These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary,[k] after the ark was placed there. 32 They performed music[l] before the sanctuary[m] of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. They carried out their tasks according to regulations.
33 These are the ones who served along with their sons:
From the Kohathites: Heman the musician, 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 Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph,[n] son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, 40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah,[o] son of Malkijah, 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 Serving beside them were their fellow Levites, the descendants of Merari, led by[p] 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 The rest of their fellow Levites[q] were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary.[r] 49 But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the Most Holy Sanctuary.[s] They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered.[t]
50 These were the descendants of Aaron:
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.
54 These were the areas where Aaron’s descendants lived:[u]
The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment:[v]
55 They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands. 56 (But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.) 57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities[w] of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, 58 Hilez[x] and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, 59 Ashan[y] and its pasturelands,[z] and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands.
60 Within the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they were allotted[aa] Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. Their clans were allotted thirteen cities in all. 61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.[ab]
62 The clans of Gershom’s descendants received thirteen cities within the territory of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh (in Bashan).[ac]
63 The clans of Merari’s descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.[ad]
64 So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands. 65 They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.[ae]
66 The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received cities as their territory within the tribe of Ephraim.[af] 67 They were allotted as cities[ag] of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands, 68 Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth Horon and its pasturelands, 69 Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands.
70 Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath’s descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands.[ah]
71 The following belonged to Gershom’s descendants:[ai]
Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands.
72 Within the territory of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.
74 Within the territory of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, 75 Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.
76 Within the territory of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.
77 The following belonged to the rest of Merari’s descendants:[aj]
Within the territory of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono[ak] and its pasturelands, and Tabor and its pasturelands.
78 Within the territory of the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan River east of Jericho:[al] Bezer in the wilderness and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands, 79 Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.
80 Within the territory of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands, 81 Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 6:1 sn Beginning with 6:1, the verse numbers through 6:81 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 6:1 ET = 5:27 HT, 6:2 ET = 5:28 HT, 6:16 ET = 6:1 HT, etc., through 6:81 ET = 6:66 HT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
- 1 Chronicles 6:15 tn The words “the people of” are added in the translation for clarification.
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 sn Chapter 6 of 1 Chr begins here in the Hebrew text; 6:16-81 ET = 6:1-66 HT. See the note at 6:1.
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 tn The name “Gershom” (also in vv. 17, 20, 43, 62, 71) appears as “Gershon” in 1 Chr 6:1.
- 1 Chronicles 6:19 tn Heb “by their fathers.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:22 tn Or perhaps, “descendants,” since the list differs from the one in v. 18.
- 1 Chronicles 6:25 tn Heb “and Achimoth.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:26 tc The consonantal Hebrew text (Kethib) has, “Elkanah, his son, Elkanah.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah.” The text probably originally read simply, “Elkanah his son.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:27 tc After the last named individual (“Elkanah” in v. 27) some LXX mss insert the words “Samuel his son” to facilitate a transition to the following verse, which begins “and the sons of Samuel.” Among the English versions that include this added phrase are NAB, NIV, and NLT.
- 1 Chronicles 6:28 tc The Hebrew text lacks the name יוֹאֵל (yoʾel, “Joel”), which has probably dropped out due to homoioteleuton (note the last three letters of the preceding name שְׁמוּאֵל (shemuel, “Samuel”).
- 1 Chronicles 6:31 tn Heb “house.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:32 tn Heb “they were serving…with music.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:32 tn Or traditionally “tabernacle.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 tn Heb “and his brother Asaph, the one who stood at his right hand.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:40 tc A few Hebrew mss, one LXX ms, and the Syriac read “Maaseiah.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:44 tn Heb “and the sons of Merari, their brothers, on the left.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:48 tn Heb “their brothers, the Levites.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:48 tn Heb “were assigned to all the work of the tabernacle of the house of God.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 tn Heb “for all the work of the holy of holies.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 tn Heb “making atonement for Israel according to all which Moses the servant of God commanded.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:54 tn Heb “and these were their dwelling places according to their encampments in their territory to the sons of Aaron.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:54 tn Heb “to the clan of the Kohathites for to them was the lot.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:57 tn The parallel account in Josh 21:13 has the singular “city,” which apparently refers only to Hebron.
- 1 Chronicles 6:58 tc The MT reads “Hilez” here; the place name appears as “Holon” in Josh 21:15.
- 1 Chronicles 6:59 tc The MT reads “Ashan” here; the place name appears as “Ain” in Josh 21:16.
- 1 Chronicles 6:59 tc The LXX and Syriac (following the parallel list in Josh 21:16) add “Juttah and its pasturelands” here. Cf. NAB “Jetta”; also NIV, NCV, NLT “Juttah.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 tn The parallel passage in Josh 21:17 adds “Gibeon and its pasturelands” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT). The words “they were allotted” are supplied in the translation for both clarity and stylistic reasons.
- 1 Chronicles 6:61 tn Heb “to the sons of Kohath who were left from the clan of the tribe, from the half of the tribe of the half of Manasseh by lot ten cities.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:62 tn Heb “and to the sons of Gershom by their clans from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:63 tn Heb “and to the sons of Merari by their clans from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun by lot, twelve cities.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:65 tn Heb “and 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 they called them by names.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:66 tn Heb “and from [it is probably preferable to read “to” here] the clans of the sons of Kohath and there were the cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:67 tn The parallel account in Josh 21:21 has the singular “city,” referring only to Shechem.
- 1 Chronicles 6:70 tn Heb “and from the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands to the clan, to the sons of Kohath who were left.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:71 tn Heb “to the sons of Gershom.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:77 tn Heb “to the sons of Merari, who were left.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:77 tc Before “Rimmono” the LXX (following the parallel passage in Josh 21:34) adds “Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands.” This addition is included in some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).
- 1 Chronicles 6:78 tn Heb “and from across the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben.” The word “River” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
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