¹The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. ²And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. ³And the sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁴Eleazar begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua, ⁵and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi, ⁶and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth. ⁷Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub, ⁸and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz, ⁹and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan, ¹⁰and Johanan begot Azariah – it is he who officiated as priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem – ¹¹and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub, ¹²and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum, ¹³and Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah, ¹⁴and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak. ¹⁵And Jehozadak was moved out when the Lord deported Judah and Jerusalem by the agency of Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁶The sons of Levi were Gershom Kohath and Merari. ¹⁷And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. ¹⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these were the families of the Levites according to their fathers: ²⁰of Gershom, Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. ²²The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son and Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son, ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son and Saul his son. ²⁵And the sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth. ²⁶As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son, Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. ²⁸And the sons of Samuel were the firstborn Vashni, and Abijah. ²⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, ³⁰Shimah his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. ³¹And these are they whom David set up to attend to singing in the house of the Lord after the resting of the ark. ³²And they served before the tabernacle of the tent of contact with song until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. And they stood according to their schedule at their work. ³³And these are those who stood, as did their sons. Those of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, ³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, ³⁵the son of Ziph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, ³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, ³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, ³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, ³⁹and his brother Asaph who stands on his right hand side, Asaph being the son of Berechiah, the son of Shima, ⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, ⁴¹the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, ⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, ⁴³the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi, ⁴⁴and the sons of Merari, their brothers who stand on the left hand side, were Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, ⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. ⁴⁸And there were their brothers, the Levites, who were appointed to all the work of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹And Aaron and his sons burned incense on the altar for the burnt offering, and on the altar for incense, and they were appointed for all service concerning the holy of holies, and to atone for Israel according to everything that Moses the servant of God commanded. ⁵⁰And these were the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, ⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, ⁵³Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. ⁵⁴And these are their places of abode, concerning their castles in their territory, belonging to the sons of Aaron, to the Kohathite family, for they had this lot, ⁵⁵that they were given Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it, ⁵⁶but the fields of the city and its courtyards were given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷So they gave the sons of Aaron the cities of refuge: Hebron and Libnah and its pasture lands, and Jattir and Eshtemoa and its pasture lands, ⁵⁸and Hilez and its pasture lands, Debir and its pasture lands, ⁵⁹and Ashan and its pasture lands, and Beth-Shemesh and its pasture lands. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasture lands, and Alemeth and its pasture lands, and Anathoth and its pasture lands. In total their cities came to thirteen cities among their families. ⁶¹And to the sons of Kohath who remained of the family of the tribe were given – from a half-tribe, the half-tribe of Manasseh – ten cities by lot. ⁶²And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families were given – from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan – thirteen cities. ⁶³To the sons of Merari, according to their families were given – from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun – twelve cities by lot. ⁶⁴So the sons of Israel gave the cities with their pasture lands to the Levites. ⁶⁵And from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, they gave by lot these cities which they specified by name. ⁶⁶And as for a certain part of the families of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their territory were from the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷And they gave them the cities of refuge: Shechem and its pasture lands at Mount Ephraim, and Gezer and its pasture lands, ⁶⁸and Jokmeam and its pasture lands, and Beth-Horon and its pasture lands, ⁶⁹and Aijalon and its pasture lands, and Gath-Rimmon and its pasture lands, ⁷⁰and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its pasture lands, Bilam and its pasture lands, given to the family of the sons of Kohath who remained. ⁷¹To the sons of Gershom, from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan and its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth and its pasture lands, ⁷²and from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its pasture lands, and Daberath and its pasture lands, ⁷³and Ramoth and its pasture lands, and Anem and its pasture lands, ⁷⁴and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its pasture lands, and Abdon and its pasture lands, ⁷⁵and Hukok and its pasture lands, and Rehob and its pasture lands, ⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its pasture lands, and Hammon and its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim and its pasture lands. ⁷⁷To the remaining sons of Merari were given: from the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its pasture lands, and Tabor and its pasture lands, ⁷⁸and on the other side of the Jordan, Jericho, to the east of the Jordan; from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the desert and its pasture lands, and Jahzah and its pasture lands, ⁷⁹and Kedemoth and its pasture lands, and Mephaath and its pasture lands; ⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead and its pasture lands, and Mahanaim and its pasture lands, ⁸¹and Heshbon and its pasture lands and Jazer and its pasture lands.