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1 Chronicles, Chapter 6

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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 begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua,
  
5. And Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi,
  
6. And Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth,
  
7. Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,
  
8. And Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,
  
9. And Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,
  
10. And Johanan begot Azariah, (he it is that ministered in the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
  
11. And Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,
  
12. And Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,
  
13. And Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah,
  
14. And Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak,
  
15. And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD took 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 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 served in their office according to their order.
  
33. And these are those who served 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 to 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 territory, 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 open country 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 open country, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their open country,
  
58. And Hilen with her open country, Debir with her open country,
  
59. And Ashan with her open country, and Beth-shemesh with her open country:
  
60. And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her open country, and Alemeth with her open country, and Anathoth with her open country. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
  
61. And to 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. To 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 open country.
  
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 remainder of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
  
67. And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her open country; they gave also Gezer with her open country,
  
68. And Jokmeam with her open country, and Beth-horon with her open country,
  
69. And Aijalon with her open country, and Gath-rimmon with her open country:
  
70. And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her open country, and Bileam with her open country, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
  
71. To the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her open country, and Ashtaroth with her open country:
  
72. And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her open country, Daberath with her open country,
  
73. And Ramoth with her open country, and Anem with her open country:
  
74. And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her open country, and Abdon with her open country,
  
75. And Hukok with her open country, and Rehob with her open country:
  
76. And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her open country, and Hammon with her open country, and Kirjath-aim with her open country.
  
77. To the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her open country, Tabor with her open country:
  
78. And on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her open country, and Jahzah with her open country,
  
79. Kedemoth also with her open country, and Mephaath with her open country:
  
80. And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her open country, and Mahanaim with her open country,
  
81. And Heshbon with her open country, and Jazer with her open country.


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