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1 Cronica 6
Magandang Balita Biblia

Ang Lipi ng mga Pinakapunong Pari

6 Ang mga anak ni Levi ay sina Gersom, Kohat at Merari. 2 Ang mga anak naman ni Kohat ay sina Amram, Izar, Hebron, at Uziel. 3 Ang mga anak ni Amram ay sina Aaron, Moises at Miriam. Mga anak naman ni Aaron sina Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, at Itamar. 4 Anak naman ni Eleazar si Finehas na ama ni Abisua. 5 Anak ni Abisua si Buki na ama ni Uzi. 6 Anak naman ni Uzi si Zerahias na ama ni Meraiot. 7 Anak ni Meraiot si Amarias na ama ni Ahitob. 8 Anak ni Ahitob si Zadok na ama ni Ahimaaz. 9 Anak ni Ahimaaz si Azarias na ama ni Johanan. 10 Anak naman ni Johanan si Azarias, ang paring naglingkod sa Templong itinayo ni Solomon sa Jerusalem. 11 Anak naman ni Azarias si Amarias na ama naman ni Ahitob. 12 Anak ni Ahitob si Zadok na ama ni Sallum. 13 Anak ni Sallum si Hilkias na ama naman ni Azarias. 14 Anak ni Azarias si Seraya na ama ni Jehozadak. 15 Si Jehozadak ay nakasama nang ipatapon ni Yahweh ang Juda at Jerusalem sa pamamagitan ni Nebucadnezar.

Iba pang Angkan ni Levi

16 Ang(A) mga anak ni Levi ay sina Gersom, Kohat at Merari. 17 Anak ni Gersom sina Libni at Simei. 18 Mga anak ni Kohat sina Amram, Izar, Hebron, at Uziel. 19 Ang kay Merari naman ay sina Mahli at Musi. Ito ang mga angkan ng mga Levita ayon sa kanilang mga magulang.

20 Anak ni Gershon si Libni na ama ni Jahat na ama ni Zima. 21 Anak ni Zima si Joah na ama naman ni Iddo, na ama ni Zara na ama ni Jeatrai.

22 Anak ni Kohat si Aminadab na ama ni Korah na ama ni Asir. 23 Anak ni Asir si Elkana na ama ni Ebiasaf na ama ni Asir. 24 Anak ni Asir si Tahat na ama ni Uriel, ama ni Uzias na ama ni Shaul.

25 Anak naman ni Elkana sina Amasai at Ahimot. 26 Anak ni Ahimot si Elkana na ama ni Zofar na ama ni Nahat. 27 Anak naman ni Nahat si Eliab na ama ni Jeroham na ama ni Elkana na ama ni Samuel.

28 Dalawa ang anak ni Samuel. Si Joel ang panganay at si Abija ang pangalawa.

29 Anak ni Merari si Mahli na ama ni Libni na ama ni Simei na ama ni Uza. 30 Anak naman ni Uza si Simea na ama ni Hagia na ama ni Asaya.

Ang mga Mang-aawit sa Templo

31 Ito ang mga lalaking pinamahala ni David sa mga awitin sa Templo ni Yahweh mula nang dalhin doon ang Kaban ng Tipan. 32 Ginampanan nila ito ayon sa mga tuntuning itinakda ang kanilang mga tungkulin sa tabernakulo ng Toldang Tipanan, hanggang sa itayo ni Solomon ang Templo sa Jerusalem. 33 Ito ang mga angkan na nagsipaglingkod: sa angkan ni Kohat ay kabilang ang tagapangunang si Heman na anak ni Joel na anak ni Samuel. Si Samuel ay 34 anak ni Elkana na apo ni Jeroham na anak ni Eliel na anak ni Toah. Si Toah ay 35 anak ni Zuf na anak ni Elkana na anak ni Mahat na anak ni Amasai. Si Amasai ay 36 anak ni Elkana na anak ni Joel na anak ni Azarias na anak ni Zefanias. Si Zefanias ay 37 anak ni Tahat na anak ni Asir na anak ni Ebiasaf na anak ni Korah. Si Korah ay 38 anak ni Izar na anak ni Kohat na anak ni Levi na anak ni Israel. 39 Nasa gawing kanan ni Heman ang ikalawang koro, ang pangkat ng kapatid niyang si Asaf na anak ni Berequias na anak ni Simea. 40 Si Simea ay anak ni Micael na anak ni Baaseias na anak ni Malquias. Si Malquias ay 41 anak ni Etni na anak ni Zera na anak ni Adaias. Si Adaias ay 42 anak ni Etan na anak ni Zima na anak ni Simei. Si Simei ay 43 anak ni Jahat na anak ni Gershon na anak ni Levi. 44 Nasa gawing kaliwa naman ni Heman ang angkan ni Merari, sa pangunguna ni Etan na anak ni Quisi na anak ni Abdi na anak ni Malluc. Si Malluc ay 45 anak ni Hashabias na anak ni Amazias na anak ni Hilkias. Si Hilkias ay 46 anak ni Amzi na anak ni Bani na anak ni Semer. Si Semer ay 47 anak ni Mahli na anak ni Musi na anak ni Merari na anak ni Levi. 48 Ang kanilang mga kapatid na Levita naman ang inatasan sa iba pang gawain sa Templo.

Ang Angkan ni Aaron

49 Si Aaron naman at ang kanyang mga anak ang nangangasiwa sa pag-aalay sa altar ng mga handog na susunugin at sa altar ng insenso; sa gawain sa Dakong Kabanal-banalan at sa pagtubos sa kasalanan ng Israel, ayon sa iniutos ni Moises na lingkod ng Diyos. 50 Ito ang mga sumunod pang angkan ni Aaron: Si Eleazar na ama ni Finehas na ama naman ni Abisua; 51 si Buki na ama ni Uzi na ama ni Zerahias; 52 si Meraiot na ama ni Amarias na ama ni Ahitob; 53 at si Zadok na ama ni Ahimaaz.

Ang mga Lunsod ng mga Levita

54-55 Ang mga lugar na inilaan para sa angkan ni Aaron sa angkan ni Kohat ay ang Hebron sa Juda at ang mga pastulan sa paligid nito. Sila ang binigyan ng unang bahagi ng lupaing itinalaga para sa mga Levita. 56 Ang mga bukirin naman ng lunsod at mga nayong sakop nito ay ibinigay kay Caleb na anak ni Jefune. 57 Ibinigay sa mga sumunod na salinlahi ni Aaron ang mga lunsod-kanlungan: ang Lunsod ng Hebron, Libna at ang mga pastulan nito; ang Jatir at Estemoa at ang mga pastulan ng mga ito; 58 ang Hilen at Debir at ang mga pastulan ng mga ito; 59 ang Asan at Beth-semes at ang mga pastulan ng mga ito. 60 Ang ibinigay naman sa lipi ni Benjamin ay ang Geba, Alemet at Anatot, kasama ang mga pastulan sa paligid nito. Labingtatlong lunsod ang nakuha ng kanilang angkan.

61 Sampung lunsod ang nakuha ng iba pang angkan ni Kohat mula sa kalahating lipi ni Manases. 62 Buhat sa lipi nina Isacar, Asher, Neftali at Manases, labingtatlong lunsod lamang sa Bashan ang napunta sa mga anak ni Gershon ayon sa kanilang sambahayan. 63 Sa mga anak ni Merari ayon sa kanilang sambahayan, labindalawa namang lunsod ang nakuha nila buhat sa mga lipi nina Ruben, Gad at Zebulun. 64 Ang mga Levita ay binigyan ng mga Israelita ng mga lunsod at mga pastulan. 65 Ang mga lunsod na ito, na mula sa lipi nina Juda, Simeon at Benjamin, ay napunta sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng palabunutan.

66 May ilan pa sa mga angkan ni Kohat na nagkaroon ng mga lunsod mula sa lupain ni Efraim. 67 Ang nakuha nila ay ang mga lunsod-kanlungan gaya ng Shekem at ang mga pastulan sa kaburulan ng Efraim, Gezer, 68 Jocmeam, Beth-horon, 69 Ayalon, at Gat-rimon. 70 Mula naman sa kalahating lipi ni Manases, napunta sa iba pang sambahayan ni Kohat ang Aner at ang mga pastulan nito, at ang Bileam at ang mga pastulan nito.

71 Mula rin sa kalahating lipi ni Manases, napunta naman sa mga anak ni Gershon ang Golan sa Bashan, at ang Astarot at ang pastulan ng mga ito. 72 Mula sa lipi ni Isacar ay napunta kay Gershon ang Kades, Daberat, 73 Ramot at Anem at ang pastulan ng mga ito. 74 Mula naman sa lipi ni Asher ay ang Masal, Abdon, 75 Hucoc at Rehob at ang mga pastulan ng mga ito. 76 Sa lipi ni Neftali ay napunta ang Kades sa Galilea, ang Hamon, ang Kiryataim at ang mga pastulan ng mga ito. 77 Napunta rin sa iba pang mga angkan ni Merari na mula sa lipi ni Zebulun ang Rimono at Tabor at ang pastulan ng mga ito. 78 Sa gawing silangan ng Jordan, sa tapat ng Jerico, napunta rin sa kanila mula sa lipi ni Ruben ang Bezer, Jaza, 79 Kedemot at Mefaat at ang pastulan ng mga ito. 80 At mula naman sa lipi ni Gad ay ang Ramot sa Gilead, Mahanaim, 81 Hesbon at Hazer at ang mga pastulan ng mga ito.

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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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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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6 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, 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 Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple 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 Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; 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 the Levites according to their fathers.

20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, 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 As for 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 firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.

32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

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 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

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 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: 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 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50 And 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 dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

56 But the fields 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, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:

60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout 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 were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these 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 are called by their names.

66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

79 Kedemoth also 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.

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