1 T he sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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

3 T he children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 E leazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua;

5 A bishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi;

6 U zzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;

7 M eraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

8 A hitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;

9 A himaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan;

10 J ohanan begot Azariah (it was he who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem);

11 A zariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

12 A hitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum;

13 S hallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah;

14 A zariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.

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

16 T he sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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

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

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

20 O f Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

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

22 T he sons of Kohath were 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 T he sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth.

26 A s for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

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

28 T he sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second.

29 T he sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

30 S himea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son. Musicians in the House of the Lord

31 N ow these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest.

32 T hey were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

33 A nd these are the ones who ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites were 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.

39 A nd his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, 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 Gershon, the son of Levi.

44 T heir brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were Ethan the 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 Shamer,

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 to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. The Family of Aaron

49 B ut Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices 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.

50 N ow these are the 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, and Ahimaaz his son. Dwelling Places of the Levites

54 N ow these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:

55 T hey gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands.

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

57 A nd to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands,

58 H ilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands,

59 A shan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands.

60 A nd from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.

61 T o the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh.

62 A nd to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

63 T o the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

64 S o the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands to the Levites.

65 A nd they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.

66 N ow some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

67 A nd they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands,

68 J okmeam with its common-lands, Beth Horon with its common-lands,

69 A ijalon with its common-lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands.

70 A nd from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

71 F rom the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh the sons of Gershon were given Golan in Bashan with its common-lands and Ashtaroth with its common-lands.

72 A nd from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its common-lands, Daberath with its common-lands,

73 R amoth with its common-lands, and Anem with its common-lands.

74 A nd from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common-lands, Abdon with its common-lands,

75 H ukok with its common-lands, and Rehob with its common-lands.

76 A nd from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands.

77 F rom the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given Rimmon with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands.

78 A nd on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands, Jahzah with its common-lands,

79 K edemoth with its common-lands, and Mephaath with its common-lands.

80 A nd from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common-lands, Mahanaim with its common-lands,

81 H eshbon with its common-lands, and Jazer with its common-lands.