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1 Chronicles 6
1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari. 2 The sons of Kehat: `Amram, Yitzhar, and Hevron, and `Uzzi'el. 3 The children of `Amram: Aharon, and Moshe, and Miryam. The sons of Aharon: Nadav, and Avihu, El`azar, and Itamar. 4 El`azar became the father of Pinechas, Pinechas became the father of Avishua, 5 and Avishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of `Uzzi, 6 and `Uzzi became the father of Zerachyah, and Zerachyah became the father of Merayot, 7 Merayot became the father of Amaryah, and Amaryah became the father of Achituv, 8 and Achituv became the father of Tzadok, and Tzadok became the father of Achima`atz, 9 and Achima`atz became the father of `Azaryah, and `Azaryah became the father of Yochanan, 10 and Yochanan became the father of `Azaryah, (he it is who executed the Kohen's office in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim), 11 and `Azaryah became the father of Amaryah, and Amaryah became the father of Achituv, 12 and Achituv became the father of Tzadok, and Tzadok became the father of Shallum, 13 and Shallum became the father of Hilkiyah, and Hilkiyah became the father of `Azaryah, 14 and `Azaryah became the father of Serayah, and Serayah became the father of Yehotzadak; 15 Yehotzadak went [into captivity], when the LORD carried away Yehudah and Yerushalayim by the hand of Nevukhadnetztzar. 16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kehat, and Merari. 17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim`i. 18 The sons of Kehat were `Amram, and Yitzhar, and Hevron, and `Uzzi'el. 19 The sons of Merari: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' [houses]. 20 Of Gershom: Livni his son, Yachat his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Yo'ach his son, `Iddo his son, Zerach his son, Ye'aterai his son. 22 The sons of Kehat: `Amminadav his son, Korach his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkana his son, and Avi'asaf his son, and Assir his son, 24 Tachat his son, Uri'el his son, `Uzziyah his son, and Sha'ul his son. 25 The sons of Elkana: `Amasai, and Achimot. 26 As for Elkana, the sons of Elkana: Tzafai his son, and Nachat his son, 27 Eli'av his son, Yerocham his son, Elkana his son. 28 The sons of Shemu'el: the firstborn [Yo'el], and the second Aviyah. 29 The sons of Merari: Machli, Livni his son, Shim`i his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shim`a his son, Haggiyah his son, `Asayah his son.
31 These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. 32 They ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of the LORD in Yerushalayim: and they waited on their office according to their order. 33 These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kehati: Heman the singer, the son of Yo'el, the son of Shemu'el, 34 the son of Elkana, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of To'ach, 35 the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkana, the son of Machat, the son of `Amasai, 36 the son of Elkana, the son of Yo'el, the son of `Azaryah, the son of Tzefanyah, 37 the son of Tachat, the son of Assir, the son of Avi'asaf, the son of Korach, 38 the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, the son of Yisra'el. 39 His brother Asaf, who stood on his right hand, even Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim`a, 40 the son of Mikha'el, the son of Ba`aseyah, the son of Malkiyah, 41 the son of Etni, the son of Zerach, the son of `Adayah, 42 the son of Etan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shim`i, 43 the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44 On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Etan the son of Kishi, the son of `Avdi, the son of Mallukh, 45 the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah, 46 the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, 47 the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tent of the house of God. 49 But Aharon and his sons offered 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 Yisra'el, according to all that Moshe the servant of God had commanded. 50 These are the sons of Aharon: El`azar his son, Pinechas his son, Avishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, `Uzzi his son, Zerachyah his son, 52 Merayot his son, Amaryah his son, Achituv his son, 53 Tzadok his son, Achima`atz his son.
54 Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aharon, of the families of the Kehati (for theirs was the [first] lot), 55 to them they gave Hevron in the land of Yehudah, and the suburbs of it round about it; 56 but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave to Kalev the son of Yefunneh. 57 To the sons of Aharon they gave the cities of refuge, Hevron; Livna also with its suburbs, and Yattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 58 and Hilen with its suburbs, Devir with its suburbs, 59 and `Ashan with its suburbs, and Beit-Shemesh with its suburbs; 60 and out of the tribe of Binyamin, Geva with its suburbs, and `Allemet with its suburbs, and `Anatot with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. 61 To the rest of the sons of Kehat [were given] by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Menashsheh, ten cities. 62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naftali, and out of the tribe of Menashsheh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Re'uven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities. 64 The children of Yisra'el gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs. 65 They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Shim`on, and out of the tribe of the children of Binyamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. 66 Some of the families of the sons of Kehat had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Efrayim. 67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shekhem in the hill-country of Efrayim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, 68 and Yokme`am with its suburbs, and Beit-Horon with its suburbs, 69 and Ayalon with its suburbs, and Gat-Rimmon with its suburbs; 70 and out of the half-tribe of Menashsheh, `Aner with its suburbs, and Bil`am with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kehat. 71 To the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the family of the half-tribe of Menashsheh, Galon in Bashan with its suburbs, and `Ashtarot with its suburbs; 72 and out of the tribe of Yissakhar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daverat with its suburbs, 73 and Ramot with its suburbs, and `Anam with its suburbs; 74 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and `Avdon with its suburbs, 75 and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rechov with its suburbs; 76 and out of the tribe of Naftali, Kedesh in the Galil with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiryatayim with its suburbs. 77 To the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari, [were given], out of the tribe of Zevulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tavor with its suburbs; 78 and beyond the Yarden at Yericho, on the east side of the Yarden, [were given them], out of the tribe of Re'uven, Betzer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Yahtzah with its suburbs, 79 and Kedemot with its suburbs, and Mefa`at with its suburbs; 80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramot in Gil`ad with its suburbs, and Machanayim with its suburbs, 81 and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Ya`zer with its suburbs.
