1 T he sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

2 T he sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 T he children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 E leazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas of Abishua.

5 A bishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki of Uzzi,

6 U zzi of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah of Meraioth,

7 M eraioth of Amariah, and Amariah of Ahitub,

8 A hitub of Zadok, and Zadok of Ahimaaz,

9 A himaaz of Azariah, and Azariah of Johanan,

10 J ohanan of Azariah, who was priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem,

11 A zariah of Amariah, and Amariah of Ahitub,

12 A hitub of Zadok, and Zadok of Shallum,

13 S hallum of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah of Azariah,

14 A zariah of Seraiah, and Seraiah of Jehozadak;

15 J ehozadak went into captivity when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 T he sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 T hese are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

18 T he sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 T he sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:

20 O f Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21 J oah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

22 T he sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

23 E lkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

24 T ahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

25 A nd the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,

26 E lkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

27 E liab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

28 T he sons of Samuel: the firstborn and Abijah.

29 T he sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

30 S himea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

31 T hese David put over the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark of the covenant rested there.

32 T hey ministered before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting with singing until Solomon had built the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, performing their service in due order.

33 T hese and their sons served of the Kohathites: Heman, the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

34 T he son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

35 T he son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 T he son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

37 T he son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

38 T he son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel (Jacob).

39 H eman’s brother Asaph stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

40 T he son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,

41 T he son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

42 T he son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

43 T he son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

44 T heir kinsmen the sons of Merari stood at the left hand: Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

45 T he son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

46 T he son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

47 T he son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 A nd their brethren the Levites were appointed for all other kinds of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49 B ut Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, ministering for all the work of the Holy of Holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses, God’s servant, had commanded.

50 T he sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

51 B ukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

52 M eraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

53 Z adok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

54 T heir dwelling places are according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot—

55 T o them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding suburbs.

56 B ut the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

57 T o the sons of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

58 H ilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

59 A shan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands.

60 A nd out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, with their pasturelands. All their cities according to their families were thirteen.

61 A nd to the rest of the Kohathites ten cities were given by lot out of the family of the tribe, of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh.

62 T o the Gershomites, according to their families, thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

63 T o the Merarites were given by lot, according to their families, twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

64 A nd the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands.

65 T hey gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities whose names are mentioned.

66 S ome of the families of the Kohathites had cities in the allotted territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 A nd gave to the city of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim; also Gezer, with their suburbs and pasturelands;

68 J okmeam, Beth-horon,

69 A ijalon, and Gath-rimmon, with their suburbs and pasturelands;

70 A nd out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Aner and Bileam, for the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath.

71 T o the Gershomites were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and Ashtaroth, with their suburbs and pasturelands;

72 O ut of the tribe of Issachar, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Kedesh, Daberath,

73 R amoth, and Anem;

74 O ut of the tribe of Asher, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Mashal, Abdon,

75 H ukok, and Rehob;

76 A nd out of the tribe of Naphtali, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim.

77 T o the rest of the Merarites were given from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and Tabor, with their suburbs and pasturelands;

78 O n the other side of the Jordan, on the east side by Jericho, the Levites were given out of the tribe of Reuben, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,

79 K edemoth, and Mephaath;

80 O ut of the tribe of Gad, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

81 H eshbon, and Jazer.