1 Chronicles 6
The Descendants of
Levi |
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The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and
Mera'ri.
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And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uz'zi-el.
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And the children of Amram; Aaron, and
Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab and Abi'hu,
Ele-a'zar and Ith'amar.
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Ele-a'zar begat Phin'ehas, Phin'ehas
begat Abishu'a,
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and Abishu'a begat Bukki, and Bukki begat
Uzzi,
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and Uzzi begat Zerahi'ah, and Zerahi'ah
begat Merai'oth,
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Merai'oth begat Amari'ah, and Amari'ah
begat Ahi'tub,
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and Ahi'tub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat
Ahim'a-az,
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and Ahim'a-az begat Azari'ah, and
Azari'ah begat Jo'hanan,
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and Jo'hanan begat Azari'ah; (he it
is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon
built in Jerusalem:)
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and Azari'ah begat Amari'ah, and Amari'ah
begat Ahi'tub,
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and Ahi'tub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat
Shallum,
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and Shallum begat Hilki'ah, and Hilki'ah
begat Azari'ah,
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And Azari'ah begat Serai'ah, and Serai'ah
begat Jehoz'adak,
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and Jehoz'adak went into
captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah
and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnez'zar.
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The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and
Mera'ri.
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And these be the names of the sons
of Gershom; Libni, and Shim'e-i.
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And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uz'zi-el.
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The sons of Mera'ri; Mahli, and Mushi.
And these are the families of the Levites according to their
fathers. Ex. 6.16-19
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Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his
son, Zimmah his son,
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Jo'ah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his
son, Je-at'erai his son.
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The sons of Kohath; Ammin'adab his son,
Korah his son, Assir his son,
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Elka'nah his son, and Ebi'asaph his son,
and Assir his son,
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Tahath his son, U'ri-el his son, Uzzi'ah
his son, and Sha'ul his son.
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And the sons of Elka'nah; Ama'sai, and
Ahi'moth.
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As for Elka'nah: the sons of
Elka'nah; Zo'phai his son, and Nahath his son,
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Eli'ab his son, Jero'ham his son,
Elka'nah his son.
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And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn
Vashni, and Abi'ah.
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The sons of Mera'ri; Mahli, Libni his
son, Shim'e-i his son, Uzza his son,
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Shim'e-a his son, Haggi'ah his son,
Asai'ah his son.
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The Temple Singers
Appointed by David |
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And these are they whom David
set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
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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.
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And these are they that waited
with their children. Of the sons of the Ko'hathites; Heman a singer,
the son of Joel, the son of Shem'u-el,
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the son of Elka'nah, the son of Jero'ham,
the son of El'i-el, the son of To'ah,
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the son of Zuph, the son of Elka'nah, the
son of Mahath, the son of Ama'sai,
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the son of Elka'nah, the son of Joel, the
son of Azari'ah, the son of Zephani'ah,
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the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the
son of Ebi'asaph, the son of Korah,
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the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the
son of Levi, the son of Israel.
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And his brother, Asaph, who stood on his
right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachi'ah, the son of
Shim'e-a,
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the son of Michael, the son of
Ba-ase'iah, the son of Malchi'ah,
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the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the
son of Adai'ah,
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the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the
son of Shim'e-i,
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the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom,
the son of Levi.
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And their brethren the sons of Mera'ri stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of
Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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the son of Hashabi'ah, the son of
Amazi'ah, the son of Hilki'ah,
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the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son
of Shamer,
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the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the
son of Mera'ri, the son of Levi.
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Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle
of the house of God.
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The Descendants of
Aaron |
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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.
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And these are the sons of Aaron;
Ele-a'zar his son, Phin'ehas his son, Abishu'a his son,
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Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahi'ah
his son,
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Merai'oth his son, Amari'ah his son,
Ahi'tub his son,
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Zadok his son, Ahim'a-az his
son.
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The Cities of the
Levites |
Josh. 21.1-42 |
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Now these are their dwelling
places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of
Aaron, of the families of the Ko'hathites: for theirs was the
lot.
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And they gave them Hebron in the land of
Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
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But the fields of the city, and the
villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of
Jephun'neh.
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And to the sons of Aaron they gave the
cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge,
and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemo'a, with their
suburbs,
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and Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with
her suburbs,
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and Ashan with her suburbs, and
Beth-she'mesh with her suburbs:
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and out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba
with her suburbs, and Al'emeth with her suburbs, and An'athoth with
her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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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 Manas'seh, by lot, ten cities.
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And to the sons of Gershom throughout
their families out of the tribe of Is'sachar, and out of the tribe
of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph'tali, and out of the tribe of
Manas'seh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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Unto the sons of Mera'ri 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
Zeb'ulun, twelve cities.
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And the children of Israel gave to the
Levites these cities with their suburbs.
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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.
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And the residue of the families
of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of
E'phra-im.
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And they gave unto them, of the
cities of refuge, Shechem in mount E'phra-im with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
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and Jok'me-am with her suburbs, and
Beth-ho'ron with her suburbs,
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and Aj'alon with her suburbs, and
Gath-rim'mon with her suburbs:
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and out of the half tribe of Manas'seh;
Aner with her suburbs, and Bil'e-am with her suburbs, for the family
of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
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Unto the sons of Gershom were
given, out of the family of the half tribe of Manas'seh, Golan
in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ash'taroth with her
suburbs:
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and out of the tribe of Is'sachar; Kedesh
with her suburbs, Dab'erath with her suburbs,
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and Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem
with her suburbs:
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and out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal
with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
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and Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob
with her suburbs:
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and out of the tribe of Naph'tali; Kedesh
in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and
Kirjatha'im with her suburbs.
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Unto the rest of the children of Mera'ri were given, out of the tribe of Zeb'ulun, Rimmon with her
suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
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and on the other side Jordan by Jericho,
on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe
of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with
her suburbs,
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Kede'moth also with her suburbs, and
Meph'a-ath with her suburbs:
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and out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in
Gil'e-ad with her suburbs, and Mahana'im with her suburbs,
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and Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer
with her suburbs.
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