CHAPTER 6

¹The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ²And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. ³And the sons of Kohath were Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. ⁴The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levite by their fathers. ⁵And Gershom had Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ⁶Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. ⁷The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, ⁸Elkanah his son and Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son, ⁹Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Saul his son. ¹⁰And the sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth, ¹¹Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, ¹²Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. ¹³And the sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn and the second Abijah. ¹⁴The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, ¹⁵Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. ¹⁶And these did David station over the singing in the house of the LORD from the time the Ark came to rest. ¹⁷And they would minister before the sanctuary of the Tent of Meeting according to their rule concerning their service. ¹⁸And these were the ones serving and their sons, of the sons of the Kohathite: Heman the chorister son of Joel son of Samuel, ¹⁹son of Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Eliel son of Toah, ²⁰son of Zuph son of Elkanah son of Mahath son of Amasai, ²¹son of Elkanah son of Joel son of Azariah son of Zephaniah, ²²son of Tahath son of Assir son of Ebiasaph son of Korah, ²³son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi son of Israel. ²⁴And his brother Asaph who stood to his right, Asaph son of Berachiah son of Shimea, ²⁵son of Michael son of Baaseiah son of Malchijah, ²⁶son of Ethni son of Zerah son of Adaiah, ²⁷son of Ethan son of Zimmah son of Shimei, ²⁸son of Jahath son of Gershom son of Levi. ²⁹And the sons of Merari their brother: on the left, Ethan son of Kishi son of Abdi son of Malluch, ³⁰son of Hashabiah son of Amaziah son of Hilkiah, ³¹son of Amzi son of Bani son of Shamer, ³²son of Mahli son of Mushi son of Merari son of Levi. ³³And their brothers the Levites were set over all the service of the sanctuary of the house of God. ³⁴And Aaron and his sons would burn incense on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for every task of the holy of holies and to atone for Israel as all that Moses servant of God had charged. ³⁵And these are the sons of Eleazar his son: Phineas his son, Abishua his son, ³⁶Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, ³⁷Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, ³⁸Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. ³⁹And these are their settlements according to their encampments in their territory for the sons of Aaron for the clan of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot, ⁴⁰and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasturelands all around it. ⁴¹But the field of the town and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁴²And to the sons of Aaron they gave the towns of refuge, Hebron and Libnah and its pasturelands and Jattir and Eshtemoa and its pasturelands ⁴³and Hilen and its pasturelands and Debir and its pasturelands ⁴⁴and Ashan and its pasturelands and Beth-Shemesh and its pasture lands. ⁴⁵And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its pasturelands and Alemeth and its pasturelands and Anathoth and its pasturelands. All their towns were thirteen towns, for their clans were thirteen. ⁴⁶And for the remaining sons of Kohath, from the clan of the tribe, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh by lot ten towns. ⁴⁷And for the sons of Gershom by their clans, 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 towns. ⁴⁸For the Merarite by their clans, from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun by lot, twelve towns. ⁴⁹And the Israelites gave to the Levites the towns and their pasturelands. ⁵⁰And they gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribes of the sons of Simeon and from the tribes of the sons of Benjamin these towns that they called by name ⁵¹and from the clans of the sons of Kohath, and the towns of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. ⁵²And they gave them the towns of refuge, Shechem and its pasturelands on Mount Ephraim and Gezer and its pasturelands: ⁵³Jokmeam and its pasturelands and Beth-Horon and its pasturelands ⁵⁴and Aijalon and its pasturelands and Gath-Rimmon and its pasturelands. ⁵⁵And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands for the clan of the remaining sons of Kohath. ⁵⁶For the sons of Gershom, from the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands. ⁵⁷And from the tribes of Issachar, Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, ⁵⁸and Ramoth and its pasturelands and Anem and its pasturelands. ⁵⁹And from the tribe of Asher, Mashal and its pasturelands and Abdon and its pasturelands ⁶⁰and Hukok and its pasturelands and Rehob and its pasturelands. ⁶¹And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands and Hammon and its pasturelands and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands. ⁶²For the remaining sons of Merari from the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its pasturelands, Tabor and its pasturelands. ⁶³And across the Jordan at Jericho on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its pasturelands and Jahzah and its pasturelands, ⁶⁴and Kedemoth and its pasturelands and Mephaath and its pasturelands. ⁶⁵And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands and Mahanaim and its pasturelands, ⁶⁶and Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.