1The sons <01121> of Levi <03878>: Gershon <01648>, Kohath <06955>, and Merari <04847>.
2The sons <01121> of Kohath <06955>: Amram <06019>, Izhar <03324>, Hebron <02275>, and Uzziel <05816>.
3The children <01121> of Amram <06019>: Aaron <0175>, Moses <04872>, and Miriam <04813>. The sons <01121> of Aaron <0175>: Nadab <05070>, Abihu <030>, Eleazar <0499>, and Ithamar <0385>.
4Eleazar <0499> was the father <03205> of Phinehas <06372>, and Phinehas <06372> was the father <03205> of Abishua <050>.
5Abishua <050> was the father <03205> of Bukki <01231>, and Bukki <01231> was the father <03205> of Uzzi <05813>.
6Uzzi <05813> was the father <03205> of Zerahiah <02228>, and Zerahiah <02228> was the father <03205> of Meraioth <04812>.
7Meraioth <04812> was the father <03205> of Amariah <0568>, and Amariah <0568> was the father <03205> of Ahitub <0285>.
8Ahitub <0285> was the father <03205> of Zadok <06659>, and Zadok <06659> was the father <03205> of Ahimaaz <0290>.
9Ahimaaz <0290> was the father <03205> of Azariah <05838>, and Azariah <05838> was the father <03205> of Johanan <03110>.
10Johanan <03110> was the father <03205> of Azariah <05838>, who <0834> served as a priest <03547> in the temple <01004> Solomon <08010> built <01129> in Jerusalem <03389>.
11Azariah <05838> was the father <03205> of Amariah <0568>, and Amariah <0568> was the father <03205> of Ahitub <0285>.
12Ahitub <0285> was the father <03205> of Zadok <06659>, and Zadok <06659> was the father <03205> of Shallum <07967>.
13Shallum <07967> was the father <03205> of Hilkiah <02518>, and Hilkiah <02518> was the father <03205> of Azariah <05838>.
14Azariah <05838> was the father <03205> of Seraiah <08304>, and Seraiah <08304> was the father <03205> of Jehozadak <03087>.
15Jehozadak <03087> went <01980> into exile when the Lord <03068> sent <01540> the people of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> into exile <01540> by the hand <03027> of Nebuchadnezzar <05019>.
16The sons <01121> of Levi <03878>: Gershom <01647>, Kohath <06955>, and Merari <04847>.
17These <0428> are the names <08034> of the sons <01121> Gershom <01647>: Libni <03845> and Shimei <08096>.
18The sons <01121> of Kohath <06955>: Amram <06019>, Izhar <03324>, Hebron <02275>, and Uzziel <05816>.
19The sons <01121> of Merari <04847>: Mahli <04249> and Mushi <04187>. These <0428> are the clans <04940> of the Levites <03881> by their families <01>.
20To Gershom <01647>: His son <01121> Libni <03845>, his son <01121> Jahath <03189>, his son <01121> Zimmah <02155>,
21his son Joah <03098>, his son <01121> Iddo <05714>, his son <01121> <01121> Zerah <02226>, and his son <01121> Jeatherai <02979>.
22The sons <01121> of Kohath <06955>: His son <01121> Amminadab <05992>, his son <01121> Korah <07141>, his son <01121> Assir <0617>,
23his son <01121> Elkanah <0511>, his son <01121> Ebiasaph <043>, his son <01121> Assir <0617>,
24his son Tahath <08480>, his son <01121> Uriel <0222>, his son <01121> Uzziah <05818>, and his son <01121> <01121> Shaul <07586>.
25The sons <01121> of Elkanah <0511>: Amasai <06022>, Ahimoth <0287>,
26his son <01121> Elkanah <0511>, his son <01121> Zophai <06689>, his son <01121> Nahath <05184>,
27his son <01121> Eliab <0446>, his son <01121> Jeroham <03395>, and his son <01121> Elkanah <0511>.
28The sons <01121> of Samuel <08050>: Joel <02059> the firstborn <01060> and Abijah <029> the second oldest.
29The descendants <01121> of Merari <04847>: Mahli <04249>, his son <01121> Libni <03845>, his son <01121> Shimei <08096>, his son <01121> Uzzah <05798>,
30his son <01121> Shimea <08092>, his son <01121> Haggiah <02293>, and his son <01121> Asaiah <06222>.
31These <0428> are the men David <01732> put in charge <05975> of <05921> music <07892> in the Lord’s <03068> sanctuary <01004>, after the ark <0727> was placed <04494> there.
32They performed <08334> music <07892> before <06440> the sanctuary <04908> of the meeting <04150> tent <0168> until <05704> Solomon <08010> built <01129> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> in Jerusalem <03389>. They carried out <05975> their tasks <05656> according to <05921> regulations <04941>.
33These <0428> are the ones who served <05975> along with their sons <01121>: From the Kohathites <06956> <01121>: Heman <01968> the musician <07891>, son <01121> of Joel <03100>, son <01121> of Samuel <08050>,
34son <01121> of Elkanah <0511>, son <01121> of Jeroham <03395>, son <01121> of Eliel <0447>, son <01121> of Toah <08430>,
35son <01121> of Zuph <06689>, son <01121> of Elkanah <0511>, son <01121> of Mahath <04287>, son <01121> of Amasai <06022>,
36son <01121> of Elkanah <0511>, son <01121> of Joel <03100>, son <01121> of Azariah <05838>, son <01121> of Zephaniah <06846>,
37son <01121> of Tahath <08480>, son <01121> of Assir <0617>, son <01121> of Ebiasaph <043>, son <01121> of Korah <07141>,
38son <01121> of Izhar <03324>, son <01121> of Kohath <06955>, son <01121> of Levi <03878>, son <01121> of Israel <03478>.
39Serving <05975> beside <03225> <05921> him <0623> was his fellow <0251> Levite Asaph <0623>, son <01121> of Berechiah <01296>, son <01121> of Shimea <08092>,
40son <01121> of Michael <04317>, son <01121> of Baaseiah <01202>, son <01121> of Malkijah <04441>,
41son <01121> of Ethni <0867>, son <01121> of Zerah <02226>, son <01121> of Adaiah <05718>,
42son <01121> of Ethan <0387>, son <01121> of Zimmah <02155>, son <01121> of Shimei <08096>,
43son <01121> of Jahath <03189>, son <01121> of Gershom <01647>, son <01121> of Levi <03878>.
44Serving beside <08040> them were their fellow <0251> Levites, the descendants <01121> of Merari <04847>, led by Ethan <0387>, son <01121> of Kishi <07029>, son <01121> of Abdi <05660>, son <01121> of Malluch <04409>,
45son <01121> of Hashabiah <02811>, son <01121> of Amaziah <0558>, son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>,
46son <01121> of Amzi <0557>, son <01121> of Bani <01137>, son <01121> of Shemer <08106>,
47son <01121> of Mahli <04249>, son <01121> of Mushi <04187>, son <01121> of Merari <04847>, son <01121> of Levi <03878>.
48The rest of their fellow <0251> Levites <03881> were assigned <05414> to perform the remaining <03605> tasks <05656> at God’s <0430> sanctuary <01004> <04908>.
49But Aaron <0175> and his descendants <01121> offered sacrifices <06999> on <05921> the altar <04196> for burnt offerings <05930> and on <05921> the altar <04196> for incense <07004> as they had been assigned <04399> to do in the most holy <06944> sanctuary <06944>. They made atonement <03722> for <05921> Israel <03478>, just <0834> as God’s <0430> servant <05650> Moses <04872> had ordered <06680>.
50These <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>: His son <01121> Eleazar <0499>, his son <01121> Phinehas <06372>, his son <01121> Abishua <050>,
51his son <01121> Bukki <01231>, his son <01121> Uzzi <05813>, his son <01121> Zerahiah <02228>,
52his son Meraioth <04812>, his son <01121> Amariah <0568>, his son <01121> <01121> Ahitub <0285>,
53his son <01121> Zadok <06659>, and his son <01121> Ahimaaz <0290>.
54These <0428> were the areas where <04186> Aaron’s <0175> descendants <01121> lived <04186>: The following belonged to the Kohathite <06956> clan <04940>, for <03588> they <01992> received <01961> the first allotment <01486>:
55They <01992> were allotted <05414> Hebron <02275> in the territory <0776> of Judah <03063>, as well as its surrounding <05439> pasturelands <04054>.
56(But the city’s <05892> land <07704> and nearby towns <02691> were allotted <05414> to Caleb <03612> son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312>.)
57The descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175> were also allotted <05414> as cities <05892> of refuge <04733> Hebron <02275>, Libnah <03841> and its pasturelands <04054>, Jattir <03492>, Eshtemoa <0851> and its pasturelands <04054>,
58Hilez <02432> and its pasturelands <04054>, Debir <01688> and its pasturelands <04054>,
59Ashan <06228> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Beth Shemesh <01053> and its pasturelands <04054>.
60Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Benjamin <01144> they were allotted Geba <01387> and its pasturelands <04054>, Alemeth <05964> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Anathoth <06068> and its pasturelands <04054>. Their clans <04940> were allotted thirteen <06240> <07969> cities <05892> in all <03605>.
61The rest <03498> of Kohath’s <06955> descendants <01121> were allotted <01486> ten <06235> cities <05892> in the territory <04940> of the half-tribe <04276> <04294> of Manasseh <04519>.
62The clans <04940> of Gershom’s <01647> descendants <01121> received thirteen <06240> <07969> cities <05892> within the territory of the tribes <04294> of Issachar <03485>, Asher <0836>, Naphtali <05321>, and Manasseh <04519> (in Bashan <01316>).
63The clans <04940> of Merari’s <04847> descendants <01121> were allotted <01486> twelve <06240> <08147> cities <05892> within the territory of the tribes <04294> <04294> of Reuben <07205>, Gad <01410>, and Zebulun <02074>.
64So the Israelites <03478> <01121> gave <05414> to the Levites <03881> these cities <05892> and <0854> their pasturelands <04054>.
65They allotted <01486> these <0428> previously named <08034> cities <05892> from the territory of the tribes <04294> of Judah <03063> <01121>, Simeon <08095> <01121>, and Benjamin <01144> <01121>.
66The clans <04940> of Kohath’s <06955> descendants <01121> also received territory <01366> <05892> within the tribe <04294> of Ephraim <0669>.
67They were allotted <05414> as cities <05892> of refuge <04733> Shechem <07927> and its pasturelands <04054> (in the hill country <02022> of Ephraim <0669>), Gezer <01507> and its pasturelands <04054>,
68Jokmeam <03361> and its pasturelands <04054>, Beth Horon <01032> and its pasturelands <04054>,
69Aijalon <0357> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Gath Rimmon <01667> and its pasturelands <04054>.
70Within the territory of the half-tribe <04294> <04276> of Manasseh <04519>, the rest of Kohath’s <06955> descendants <01121> received <03498> Aner <06063> and its pasturelands <04054> and Bileam <01109> and its pasturelands <04054>.
71The following belonged to Gershom’s <01647> descendants <01121>: Within the territory <04940> of the half-tribe <04294> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>: Golan <01474> in Bashan <01316> and its pasturelands <04054> and Ashtaroth <06252> and its <0853> pasturelands <04054>.
72Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Issachar <03485>: Kedesh <06943> and its pasturelands <04054>, Daberath <01705> and its pasturelands <04054>,
73Ramoth <07216> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Anem <06046> and its pasturelands <04054>.
74Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Asher <0836>: Mashal <04913> and its pasturelands <04054>, Abdon <05658> and its pasturelands <04054>,
75Hukok <02712> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Rehob <07340> and its pasturelands <04054>.
76Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Naphtali <05321>: Kedesh <06943> in Galilee <01551> and its pasturelands <04054>, Hammon <02540> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Kiriathaim <07156> and its pasturelands <04054>.
77The following belonged to the rest <03498> of Merari’s <04847> descendants <01121>: Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Zebulun <02074>: Rimmono <07417> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Tabor <08396> and its pasturelands <04054>.
78Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Reuben <07205> across <05676> the Jordan River <03383> <03383> east <04217> of Jericho <03405>: Bezer <01221> in the desert <04057> and its pasturelands <04054>, Jahzah <03096> and its pasturelands <04054>,
79Kedemoth <06932> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Mephaath <04158> and its pasturelands <04054>.
80Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Gad <01410>: Ramoth <07216> in Gilead <01568> and its pasturelands <04054>, Mahanaim <04266> and its pasturelands <04054>,
81Heshbon <02809> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Jazer <03270> and its pasturelands <04054>.