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The First Book of the Chronicles

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- Chapter 6 -

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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
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Abishua was the father of Bukki, Bukki was the father of Uzzi,
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Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,
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Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
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Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
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Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, Azariah was the father of Johanan,
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Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
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Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
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Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,
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Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
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Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.(a)
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Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
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The sons of Levi: Gershom,(b) Kohath, and Merari.
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These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
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The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
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Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
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Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
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The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
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Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph (c) his son, Assir his son,
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Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
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The descendants of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,
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Elkanah his son,(d) Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
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Eliab (e) his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.(f)
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The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.(g)
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The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
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Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians

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These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
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They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
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These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
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the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,(h) the son of Toah,
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the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
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the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
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the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
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the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
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Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,(i) the son of Malchijah,
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the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
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the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
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the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
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On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
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the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
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the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

The Descendants of Aaron

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Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
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But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place.(j) They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
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These were the descendants of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
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Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
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Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
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Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.

Territories for the Levites

(Numbers 35:1–8; Joshua 21:1–45)
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Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:
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They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.
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But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
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So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah,(k) Jattir, Eshtemoa,
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Hilen,(l) Debir,
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Ashan,(m) Juttah, (n) and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.
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And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, (o) Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
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To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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The Gershomites (p), according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
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The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
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So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
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They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
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And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:
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They were given Shechem (a city of refuge)(q) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
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Jokmeam, Beth-horon,
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Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
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And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the remaining clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.
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The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.
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From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath,
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Ramoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands.
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From the tribe of Asher they were given Mashal, Abdon,
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Hukok, and Rehob, together with their pasturelands.
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And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
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The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor,(r) together with their pasturelands.
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From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,(s)
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Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.
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And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
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Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.

Footnotes

(a)6:14 Jehozadak is a variant of Jozadak; also in verse 15; see Ezra 3:2.
(b)6:16 Gershom is a variant of Gershon; similarly in verses 17, 20, 43, 62, and 71; see verse 1.
(c)6:23 Ebiasaph is a variant of Abiasaph; also in verse 37; see Exodus 6:24.
(d)6:26 Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah:
(e)6:27 Eliab is also called Eliel; see verse 34. Both of these are other names for Elihu; see 1 Samuel 1:1.
(f)6:27 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts include and Samuel his son; see verses 33–34 and 1 Samuel 1:19–20.
(g)6:28 See Syriac and some LXX manuscripts (also verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni, then Abiah.
(h)6:34 Eliel is also called Eliab; see verse 27. Both of these are other names for Elihu; see 1 Samuel 1:1.
(i)6:40 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, one LXX manuscript, and Syriac Maaseiah
(j)6:49 Or the Holy of Holies
(k)6:57 As in the parallel text at Joshua 21:13; Hebrew were given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah
(l)6:58 Some Hebrew Manuscripts; MT Hilez; parallel text at Joshua 21:15 Holon
(m)6:59 Ashan is a variant of Ain; see Joshua 21:16.
(n)6:59 Syriac and the parallel text at Joshua 21:16; MT does not include Juttah,
(o)6:60 LXX, Syriac, and parallel text at Joshua 21:17; MT does not include Gibeon,
(p)6:62 Gershomites is a variant of Gershonites; also in verse 71; see 1 Chronicles 23:7.
(q)6:67 As in the parallel text at Joshua 21:21; Hebrew They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem
(r)6:77 LXX (they were given) Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono, and Tabor; see Joshua 21:34.
(s)6:78 Jahzah is a variant of Jahaz; see Numbers 21:23.
1
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.
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Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
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Abishua became the father of Bukki. Bukki became the father of Uzzi.
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Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth.
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Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
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Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
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Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah. Azariah became the father of Johanan.
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Johanan became the father of Azariah, who executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
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Azariah became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
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Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum.
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Shallum became the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah became the father of Azariah.
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Azariah became the father of Seraiah. Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak.
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Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem away by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
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The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
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The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
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Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
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Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
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The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
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Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
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Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
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The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
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As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
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Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
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The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
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Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians

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These are they whom David set over the service of song in the LORD’s house after the ark came to rest there.
32
They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting until Solomon had built the LORD’s house in Jerusalem. They performed the duties of their office according to their order.
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These are those who served, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
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the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
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the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
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the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
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the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
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the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
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His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
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the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
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the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
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the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
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On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
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the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
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the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

The Descendants of Aaron

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Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God’s house.
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But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and 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.
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These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
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Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
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Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
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Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.

Territories for the Levites

(Numbers 35:1–8; Joshua 21:1–45)
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Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
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to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
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but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
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Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
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Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
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and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
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To the sons of Gershom, according to 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.
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To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
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The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.
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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 mentioned by name.
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Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands,
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Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth Horon with its pasture lands,
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Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands;
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and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
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To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
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and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
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Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;
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and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
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Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
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and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
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To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, and Tabor with its pasture lands;
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and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
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Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;
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and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
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Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.
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