1 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.
