1The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
2And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: 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 (he is it that exercised the priesthood in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem);
11and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,
12and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,
13and Shallum begot Hilkijah, and Hilkijah begot Azariah,
14and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak,
15and Jehozadak went away, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of Levi according to their fathers.
20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeathrai his son.
22The sons of Kohath: 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: Amasai and Ahimoth.
26Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.
29The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggijah his son, Asaiah his son.
31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest.
32And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order.
33And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons 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 Zuph, 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 Jizhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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 their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah,
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 their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49And Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50And these are 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 dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot;
55and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;
56but the fields of the city, and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57And to the children of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
58and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,
59and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs;
60and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs: all their cities, thirteen cities, according to their families.
61And to the children of Kohath that remained were given by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan and of the half tribe, half Manasseh, ten cities.
62And to the children of Gershom according to 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.
63To the children of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.
65And 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 were mentioned by name.
66And to the families of the children of Kohath who had the cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim,
67they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
68and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs,
69and Ajalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs;
70and out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
71To the children of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;
72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its suburbs, Dobrath and its suburbs,
73and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs;
74and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs,
75and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs;
76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs.
77To the children of Merari that remained were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its suburbs, and Tabor and its suburbs;
78and on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
79and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;
80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
81and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jaazer and its suburbs.