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          DASV: 1 Chronicles 6    

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 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, and 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, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.
9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan.
10 Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was the one who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem).
11 Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum.
13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah.
14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.
15 Jehozadak went into exile, when the LORD 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 were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their ancestral families.

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, and 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, the first-born and Abijah the second.

29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

31 These are the men David put over the service of music in the house of the LORD, after the ark came to rest there.

32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. They performed their function according to their order.
33 These are those who served, and their sons: From the sons of 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 His brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malkijah,
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 their brothers 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 brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
49 But Aaron and his sons offered 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: 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 These are their dwellings according to their settlements in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites for theirs was the first allotment,
55 To them was allotted Hebron in the land of Judah, and its surrounding pasturelands;
56 but the fields of the town, and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah also with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
58 Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
59 Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands.
60 From the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasturelands, and Allemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their towns throughout their clans were thirteen towns.
61 To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot ten towns, from the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
62 To the Gershomites were allotted thirteen towns, according to their clans, from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
63 To the sons of Merarites were given by lot twelve towns, according to their clans, from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64 So the Israelites gave to the Levites these towns with their pasturelands.
65 They gave by lot out of the tribes of the Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, these towns which are listed above by name.
66 Some of the clans of the Kohathites had towns of 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 and Jokmeam with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands,
69 Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands;
70 from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the Kohathites.

71 To the Gershomites were given, from the clans 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 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 Merarites, were given from the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasturelands, and Tabor with its pasturelands;
78 From across the Jordan River opposite Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were allotted from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, and 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, and Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
81 Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.

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