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1 Chronicles 6

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1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 3 Aaron, Moses and Miriam were born into the family line of Amram. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas. Phinehas was the father of Abishua. 5 Abishua was the father of Bukki. Bukki was the father of Uzzi. 6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth. 7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah. Amariah was the father of Ahitub. 8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz. 9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah. Azariah was the father of Johanan. 10 Johanan was the father of Azariah. Azariah served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem. 11 Azariah was the father of Amariah. Amariah was the father of Ahitub. 12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Shallum. 13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah was the father of Azariah. 14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah. And Seraiah was the father of Jozadak. 15 Jozadak was taken away from his own land. The LORD took the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the land of Babylon. He used Nebuchadnezzar to take them there as prisoners. 16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 17 The names of the sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei. 18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Here are the members of the family groups of the Levites. They are listed under the names of their fathers. 20 Gershon was the father of Libni. Jahath was Libni’s son. Zimmah was Jahath’s son. 21 Joah was Zimmah’s son. Iddo was Joah’s son. Zerah was Iddo’s son. And Jeatherai was Zerah’s son. 22 The family line of Kohath included his son Amminadab. Korah was Amminadab’s son. Assir was Korah’s son. 23 Elkanah was Assir’s son. Ebiasaph was Elkanah’s son. Assir was Ebiasaph’s son. 24 Tahath was Assir’s son. Uriel was Tahath’s son. Uzziah was Uriel’s son. And Shaul was Uzziah’s son. 25 The family line of Elkanah included his son Amasai. Amasai was the father of Ahimoth. 26 Elkanah was Ahimoth’s son. Zophai was Elkanah’s son. Nahath was Zophai’s son. 27 Eliab was Nahath’s son. Jeroham was Eliab’s son. Elkanah was Jeroham’s son. And Samuel was Elkanah’s son. 28 The sons of Samuel were his first son Joel and his second son Abijah. 29 The family line of Merari included his son Mahli. Libni was Mahli’s son. Shimei was Libni’s son. Uzzah was Shimei’s son. 30 Shimea was Uzzah’s son. Haggiah was Shimea’s son. And Asaiah was Haggiah’s son. 



31 Here are the Levites David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD. He did it after the ark was placed there. 32 The men used their music to serve in front of the holy tent, the tent of meeting. They served there until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. They did their work according to the rules they had been given. 33 Here are the men who served. The list also includes their sons. The family line of Kohath included Heman. He led the music. He was the son of Joel. Joel was the son of Samuel. 34 Samuel was the son of Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Jeroham. Jeroham was the son of Eliel. Eliel was the son of Toah. 35 Toah was the son of Zuph. Zuph was the son of Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Mahath. Mahath was the son of Amasai. 36 Amasai was the son of Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Joel. Joel was the son of Azariah. Azariah was the son of Zephaniah. 37 Zephaniah was the son of Tahath. Tahath was the son of Assir. Assir was the son of Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph was the son of Korah. 38 Korah was the son of Izhar. Izhar was the son of Kohath. Kohath was the son of Levi. And Levi was the son of Israel. 39 Heman had a relative named Asaph. Asaph served as Heman’s helper at his right side. Asaph was the son of Berekiah. Berekiah was the son of Shimea. 40 Shimea was the son of Michael. Michael was the son of Baaseiah. Baaseiah was the son of Malkijah. 41 Malkijah was the son of Ethni. Ethni was the son of Zerah. Zerah was the son of Adaiah. 42 Adaiah was the son of Ethan. Ethan was the son of Zimmah. Zimmah was the son of Shimei. 43 Shimei was the son of Jahath. Jahath was the son of Gershon. And Gershon was the son of Levi. 44 Here are the Levites in the family line of Merari who served as Heman’s helpers at his left side. They were relatives of the Kohathites. Ethan was the son of Kishi. Kishi was the son of Abdi. Abdi was the son of Malluk. 45 Malluk was the son of Hashabiah. Hashabiah was the son of Amaziah. Amaziah was the son of Hilkiah. 46 Hilkiah was the son of Amzi. Amzi was the son of Bani. Bani was the son of Shemer. 47 Shemer was the son of Mahli. Mahli was the son of Mushi. Mushi was the son of Merari. And Merari was the son of Levi. 48 The rest of the Levites were appointed to do all the other work at the holy tent. It was the house of God. 49 Aaron and his sons after him brought the offerings. They sacrificed them on the altar of burnt offering. They also burned incense on the altar of incense. That was part of what they did in the Most Holy Room. That’s how they paid for the sin of Israel. They did everything just as Moses, the servant of God, had commanded. 50 Here are the members of the family line of Aaron. Eleazar was Aaron’s son. Phinehas was Eleazar’s son. Abishua was Phinehas’ son. 51 Bukki was Abishua’s son. Uzzi was Bukki’s son. Zerahiah was Uzzi’s son. 52 Meraioth was Zerahiah’s son. Amariah was Meraioth’s son. Ahitub was Amariah’s son. 53 Zadok was Ahitub’s son. And Ahimaaz was Zadok’s son. 54 Here were the places where they made their homes. These places were given to them as their territory. Some were given to the children of Aaron who were from the family group of Kohath. They were given out by casting lots. The first lot was for Kohath. 55 In Judah the Kohathites were given Hebron. They also received the grasslands around Hebron. 56 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. 57 So the people in the family line of Aaron received Hebron. It was a city where people could go for safety. Aaron’s family line received Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, 58 Hilen and Debir. 59 They also received Ashan, Juttah and Beth Shemesh. They were given all these towns together with their grasslands. 60 From the tribe of Benjamin they received Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth. They received these towns together with their grasslands. All these towns were handed out to the family groups of Kohath. The total number of towns was 13. 61 The rest of the members of the family line of Kohath were given ten towns. The towns were from the family groups of half of the tribe of Manasseh. 62 The members of the family line of Gershon were given 13 towns. They received them family group by family group. Most of the towns were from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali. The rest were from the other half of the tribe of Manasseh. It’s in Bashan. 63 The members of the family line of Merari were given 12 towns. They received them family group by family group. The towns were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun. 64 So the Israelites gave the Levites all these towns and their grasslands. 65 They gave other towns to them from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin. 66 Some of the family groups of Kohath were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim as their territory. 67 In the hill country of Ephraim they received Shechem. Shechem was a city where people could go for safety. The Kohathites also received Gezer, 68 Jokmeam, Beth Horon, 69 Aijalon and Gath Rimmon. They were given all these towns together with their grasslands. 70 From half of the tribe of Manasseh the people of Israel gave the towns of Aner and Bileam. They gave them to the rest of the family groups of Kohath. They gave them together with their grasslands. 71 Here is what the members of the family line of Gershon were given. From half of the tribe of Manasseh they received Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth. They received them together with their grasslands. 72 From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh, Daberath, 73 Ramoth and Anem. They received them together with their grasslands. 74 From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal, Abdon, 75 Hukok and Rehob. They received them together with their grasslands. 76 From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee. They also received Hammon and Kiriathaim. They were given all these towns together with their grasslands. 77 The members of the family line of Merari make up the rest of the Levites. Here is what they were given. From the tribe of Zebulun they received Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono and Tabor. They received them together with their grasslands. 78 The tribe of Reuben was across the River Jordan east of Jericho. From that tribe the Merarites received Bezer in the desert, Jahzah, 79 Kedemoth and Mephaath. They received them together with their grasslands. 80 From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead. They also received Mahanaim, 81 Heshbon and Jazer. They received all these towns together with their grasslands. 

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1 Chronicles 6

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1 [1] The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Ge 46:11; Ex 6:16; Nu 26:57; 1Ch 23:6) 2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Ex 6:18; 1Ch 6:22) 3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (Ex 6:20; Ex 15:20; Le 10:1; Le 10:12) 4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, (Ex 6:25; 1Ch 6:11; 1Ch 6:50; Ezr 7:1) 5 Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, 6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth, (1Ch 9:11; Ne 11:11) 7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 8 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, (2Sa 8:17; 2Sa 15:27) 9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, 10 and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem). (2Ch 26:17) 11 Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, (1Ch 6:4; 2Ch 19:11; Ezr 7:3) 12 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum, (Ne 11:11) 13 Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, (2Ki 22:4; Ezr 7:1) 14 Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; (2Ki 25:18) 15 and Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. (2Ki 25:8; Ezr 3:2) 16 [2] The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. (Ex 6:16) 17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. (1Ch 23:7) 18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. (1Ch 23:12) 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers. (1Ch 6:44; 1Ch 6:47; 1Ch 23:21) 20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, (1Ch 6:41; 1Ch 6:43) 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, (1Ch 6:33) 23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel: Joel[3] his firstborn, the second Abijah.[4] 29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, (1Ch 6:19; 1Ch 6:44) 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son. 31 These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there. (2Sa 6:12; 1Ch 15:25; 1Ch 16:4) 32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. 33 These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel, (1Ch 6:28) 34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, 35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, 36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, 37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, 38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel; 39 and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, (1Ch 15:17; 1Ch 15:19; 2Ch 5:12; Ezr 2:41; Ne 7:44) 40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah, 41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, 42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, 43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. 44 On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, 45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, 46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, 47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. 48 And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his sons made offerings 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. (Ex 30:7; Ex 30:10; Le 1:7; Le 1:9; Le 4:20) 50 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, (1Ch 6:4) 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 These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot, (Ge 25:16; Nu 31:10; Jos 21:4; Jos 21:10) 55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, 56 but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. (Jos 14:13; Jos 15:13) 57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, (Jos 21:13) 58 Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, 59 Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands; 60 and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon,[5] Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen. 61 To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. (Jos 21:5; 1Ch 6:66) 62 To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan. 63 To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. (Jos 21:7) 64 So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands. (Jos 21:3) 65 They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name. (1Ch 6:57) 66 And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. (Jos 21:20) 67 They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, 68 Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands, (Jos 12:22; 1Ki 4:12) 69 Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands, 70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites. 71 To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands; (Jos 9:10; Jos 21:27) 72 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands; 74 out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, 75 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands; 76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands. 77 To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands, (Jos 19:12; Jos 21:34) 78 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, (Jos 13:32) 79 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands; 80 and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, (Ge 32:2; 1Ki 22:3; 2Ki 9:1; 2Ki 9:14) 81 Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands. (Nu 21:32; Jos 13:17; Jos 21:39) 

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