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Genealogy: The Priestly Line

^1 (F1)(C1)The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.³ The sons of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.⁴ Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,⁵ and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi,⁶ and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth,⁷ Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,^8 (C1)and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of ^(C2)Ahimaaz,⁹ and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan,¹⁰ and Johanan became the father of Azariah (^(C1)it was he who was priest in the house (temple) ^(C2)which Solomon built in Jerusalem)^11 (C1)and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,¹² and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,¹³ and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah,¹⁴ and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and ^(C1)Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak;¹⁵ and Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

^16 (F1)(C1)The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.¹⁷ These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.¹⁸ The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.¹⁹ The sons of ^(C1)Merari: Mahli and Mushi. 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, Jeatherai his son.²² The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,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 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son and Nahath his son,²⁷ Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah Samuel's father his son.²⁸ The sons of Samuel: ^(C1)Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second.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 (C1)Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD ^(C2)after the ark of the covenant ^(F1)rested there.³² They ministered with singing before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon had built the LORD'S house (temple) in Jerusalem, performing their service in due order.³³ These men and their sons served from the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel the great prophet and judge,³⁴ the son of Elkanah III, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,³⁵ the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah II, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,³⁶ the son of Elkanah I, 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 (Jacob).³⁹ Heman's tribal brother Asaph stood at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,⁴⁰ the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,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 Their relatives the sons of Merari stood at 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 Shemer,⁴⁷ the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.⁴⁸ Their relatives the Levites who were not descended from Aaron were appointed for all the other kinds of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

Descendants of Aaron

⁴⁹ But the line of Aaron and his sons ^(C1)made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and ^(C2)on the altar of incense, ministering for all the work of the Holy of Holies (Most Holy Place), and they did so ^(C3)to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses, God's servant, had commanded.^50 (C1)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 settlements according to their camps within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was ^(C1)the first allocation by lot) ^(VR1)55 to them they gave ^(C1)Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture land;^56 (C1)but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.^57 (C1)To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, ^(VR1)58 Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,⁵⁹ Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands;⁶⁰ and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, with their pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

^61 (C1)Then to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given ten cities by lot from the family of the tribe of Ephraim and of Dan and, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh. ^(VR1)62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the other half of Manasseh in Bashan.^63 (C1)To the sons of Merari were given twelve cities by lot, according to their families, from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.^64 (C1)So the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands.⁶⁵ They gave by lot from the tribes of the sons of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin ^(C1)these cities which are mentioned by name.

^66 (C1)Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their allotted territory from the tribe of Ephraim.⁶⁷ They gave to the Levites the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands;⁶⁸ Jokmeam and Beth-horon with their pasture lands,⁶⁹ Aijalon and Gath-rimmon, with their pasture lands;⁷⁰ and from the half-tribe of Manasseh these cities, with their pasture lands: Aner and Bileam, for the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath.

⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom were given from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and Ashtaroth, with their pasture lands;⁷² from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and Daberath with their pasture lands,⁷³ Ramoth and Anem with their pasture lands;⁷⁴ from the tribe of Asher: Mashal and Abdon with their pasture lands,⁷⁵ Hukok and Rehob with their pasture lands;⁷⁶ and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim with their pasture lands.

⁷⁷ To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari were given, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and Tabor, with their pasture lands;⁷⁸ and on the other side of the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan the Levites were given, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and Jahzah with their pasture lands,⁷⁹ Kedemoth and Mephaath with their pasture lands;⁸⁰ from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and Mahanaim with their pasture lands,⁸¹ Heshbon and Jazer with their pasture lands.