# 1 Chronicles 6

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1. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4. Eleazar fathered Phinehas, and Phinehas fathered Abishua.
5. Abishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi.
6. Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth.
7. Meraioth fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub.
8. Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz.
9. Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, and Azariah fathered Johanan.
10. Johanan fathered Azariah; it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
11. Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub.
12. Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum.
13. Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah.
14. Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.
15. Jehozadak went into exile when Yahweh sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16. 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 Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites by their fathers.
20. Of Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,
21. his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, his son Jeatherai.
22. The sons of Kohath: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,
23. his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir,
24. his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.
25. The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,
26. Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah: his son Zophai, his son Nahath,
27. his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, his son Elkanah, and his son Samuel.
28. The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn, and the second, Abijah.
29. The sons of Merari: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,
30. his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.
31. These are the men whom David put in charge of the music in the house of Yahweh after the ark came to rest there.
32. They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, and they carried out their service according to their regulations.
33. These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,
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 relative Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
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 were their relatives the sons of Merari: Ethan 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. Their relatives the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
49. But Aaron and his sons burned offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, doing all the work of the Most Holy Place and making atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50. These are the sons of Aaron: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,
51. his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah,
52. his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,
53. his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.
54. These are their settlements by their encampments within their territory. To the sons of Aaron of the clan of the Kohathites, since the lot fell to them,
55. they gave Hebron in the land of Judah with the pasturelands around it,
56. but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
57. To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
58. Hilez with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
59. Ashan with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;
60. and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their towns throughout their clans were thirteen.
61. To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot ten towns from the clans of the tribe, from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
62. To the Gershomites according to their clans were given thirteen towns from the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
63. To the Merarites according to their clans were given by lot twelve towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun.
64. So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns with their pasturelands.
65. They gave by lot, from the tribe of the people of Judah, the tribe of the people of Simeon, and the tribe of the people of Benjamin, these towns that are mentioned by name.
66. Some of the clans of the Kohathites had towns in their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
67. They gave them 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,
69. Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands;
70. and from 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, from the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;
72. from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
73. Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;
74. from the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
75. Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;
76. and from 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 given, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands, Rimmono with its pasturelands, and Tabor with its pasturelands;
78. and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,
79. Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;
80. and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
81. Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.

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