Chapter 6 The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, and the sons of
Kohath, Amram, Ishar, and Hebron, and Uzziel, and the children of Amram,
Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam, the sons also of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Eleazar begat Phineas, Phineas begat Abishua, and Abishua begat Bacchai,
and Bacchai begat Uzzai, and Uzzai begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraoth,
Meraoth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitab, and Ahitab begat Zadok,
and Zadok begat Ahimeaz, and Ahimeaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
and Johanan begat Azariah, he, it is, that executed the priest's office
in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitab, and Ahitab begat Zadok,
and Zadok begat Shalem, and Shalem begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
and Azariah begat Saraiah, and Saraiah begat Jehozadek, and Jehozadek went into
captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar.
The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, and Merarih, and these be the names of the
sons of Gershom, Libni, and Shimei, and the sons of Kohath were Amram,
and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
The sons of Merarih, Malai, and Meushai, and these are the families of the Levites
according to their fathers.
Of Gershom, Libni his son, Jehath his son, Zimmer his son, Joah his son, Iddo his
son, Zerah his son, Jeatarai his son.
The sons of Kohath, Aminadab his son, Korah his son, Aser his son, Elkanah his
son, and Abiasaph his son, and Aser his son, Tehath his son, Uriel his son,
Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
And the sons of Elkanah, Amasai and Ahimoth.
As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah, Sophi his son, and Nahath his son,
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
And the sons of Samuel, the firstborn, Vashnai, and Abiah, the sons of Merarih,
Malai, Libnai his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimei his son,
Haggai his son, Ezeah his son.
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord.
After that the ark had rest, and they ministered before the dwelling place of
the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house
of the Lord in Jerusalem.
And then they waited on their office according to their order.
And these are they that waited with their children.
Of the sons of the Kohathites,
the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel,
and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph, the son of
Barakiah, the son of Shimei, the son of Michael, the son of Baaseah, the son of
Malchiah, the son of Ethnai, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, the son of
Ethan, the son of Zimmer, the son of Shimei, the son of Jehath, the son of
Gershom, the son of Levi.
And their brethren, the sons of Merari, stood on the left hand, Ethan the son of
Kishai, the son of Abdi, the son of Malak, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah,
the son of Hilkiah, the son of Amzai, the son of Benai, the son of Shema,
the son of Malai, the son of Mushai, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Their brethren, also the Levites, were appointed unto all manner of service
of the tabernacle of the house of God.
But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the
altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy,
and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of
God had commanded.
And these are the sons of Aaron, Eliezer his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son, Buccai his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
Mereoth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitab his son, Zadok his son,
Ahimeaz his son.
Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts,
of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites.
For theirs was the lot, and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round about it.
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the
son of Jephunneh.
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely Hebron the city of
refuge, and Libna with her suburbs, and Jattah and Eshdomoah with their
suburbs, and Hilan with her suburbs, Deba with her suburbs, and Ashen with her
suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs, and out of the tribe of Benjamin,
Geba with her suburbs, and Alameth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her
suburbs.
All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe,
were cities given out of the half-tribe, namely, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
by Lot, ten cities.
And to the sons of Gershom threw out their families out of the tribe of Issachar,
and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali,
and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Unto the sons of Morari were given by Lot throughout their families out of the tribe
of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,
twelve cities.
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
And they gave by Lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the
tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts
out of the tribe of Ephraim.
And they gave unto them of the cities of refuge Shechem in mount Ephraim with her
suburbs.
They gave also Giza with her suburbs, and Jochmium with her suburbs,
and Bethhoran with her suburbs, and Agilon with her suburbs, and Gathruman
with her suburbs.
And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Anah with her suburbs, and Bilyam with her
suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs.
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with her suburbs, Daburath with her
suburbs, and Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anum with her suburbs.
And out of the tribe of Asher, Meshul with her suburbs, and Abdan with
her suburbs, and Hewcock with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs.
And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,
and Haman with her suburbs, and Kejothaim with her suburbs.
Unto the rest of the children of Morarai were given out of the tribe of Zebulun,
Rimen with her suburbs, Teba with her suburbs.
And on the other side of Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan,
were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Beza in the wilderness with her
suburbs, and Jazah with her suburbs, Kedemoth also with her suburbs,
and Mephaoth with her suburbs.
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth and Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with
her suburbs, and Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazah with her suburbs.