57 (A)And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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57 These were the Levites(A) who were counted by their clans:

through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;

through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;

through Merari, the Merarite clan.

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11 The sons of (A)Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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The Family of Levi(A)

The sons of Levi were (B)Gershon,[a] Kohath, and Merari.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:1 Or Gershom, v. 16

Levi

[a]The sons of Levi:(A)

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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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.

16 These are the names of (A)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven. 17 (B)The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families. 18 And (C)the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three. 19 (D)The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.

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16 These were the names of the sons of Levi(A) according to their records: Gershon,(B) Kohath and Merari.(C) Levi lived 137 years.

17 The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.(D)

18 The sons of Kohath(E) were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(F) Kohath lived 133 years.

19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.(G)

These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

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16 The sons of Levi were (A)Gershon,[a] 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, (B)Zimmah his son, 21 [b]Joah his son, [c]Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and [d]Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath were [e]Amminadab his son, (C)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 (D)Amasai and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were [f]Zophai his son, [g]Nahath his son, 27 [h]Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel were [i]Joel the firstborn, and Abijah [j]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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:16 Heb. Gershom, an alternate spelling for Gershon, vv. 1, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:21 Ethan, v. 42
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:21 Adaiah, v. 41
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:21 Ethni, v. 41
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:22 Izhar, vv. 2, 18
  6. 1 Chronicles 6:26 Zuph, v. 35; 1 Sam. 1:1
  7. 1 Chronicles 6:26 Toah, v. 34
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:27 Eliel, v. 34
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:28 So with LXX, Syr., Arab.; cf. v. 33 and 1 Sam. 8:2
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:28 Heb. Vasheni

16 The sons of Levi:(A)

Gershon,[a] Kohath and Merari.(B)

17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei.(C)

18 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(D)

19 The sons of Merari:(E)

Mahli and Mushi.(F)

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(G) his son,

Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son,

Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

24 Tahath his son, Uriel(H) his son,

Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.

25 The descendants of Elkanah:

Amasai, Ahimoth,

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

Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son,

Jeroham his son, Elkanah(I) his son

and Samuel(J) his son.[c]

28 The sons of Samuel:

Joel[d](K) 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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:16 Hebrew Gershom, a variant of Gershon; also in verses 17, 20, 43, 62 and 71
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:26 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Ahimoth 26 and Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah:
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

(A)“Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites (B)common-land around the cities. They shall have the cities to dwell in; and their common-land shall be for their cattle, for their herds, and for all their animals.

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“Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in(A) from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands(B) around the towns. Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals.(C)

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The Sons of Aaron(A)

Now these are the (B)records[a] of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the (C)firstborn, and (D)Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, (E)the anointed priests, [b]whom he consecrated to minister as priests. (F)Nadab and Abihu had died before the Lord when they offered profane fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:1 Lit. generations
  2. Numbers 3:3 Lit. whose hands he filled

The Levites

This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses(A) at the time the Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.(B)

The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn(C) and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.(D) Those were the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests,(E) who were ordained to serve as priests. Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the Lord(F) when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai.(G) They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar(H) served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.(I)

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