1 Chronicles 6

1 The sons of Lewi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 And the children of Amram: Aaron (Aharon), and Moses (Mosheh), and Miryam. The sons also of Aaron (Aharon): Nadav, and Avihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Avishua,

5 And Avishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

6 And Uzzi begat Zerahyah, and Zerahyah begat Meraioth,

7 Meraioth begat Amaryah, and Amaryah begat Ahitub,

8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

9 And Ahimaaz begat Azaryah, and Azaryah begat Yochanan,

10 And Yochanan begat Azaryah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office (kehunnah) in the temple that Solomon (Shelomoh) built in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim):)

11 And Azaryah begat Amaryah, and Amaryah begat Ahitub,

12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

13 And Shallum begat Chilqiyah, and Chilqiyah begat Azaryah,

14 And Azaryah begat Serayah, and Serayah begat Yehotsadak,

15 And Yehotsadak went into captivity, when יהוה carried away Judah (Yehudah) and Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) by the hand of Nebuchanezzar.

16 The sons of Lewi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shimei.

18 And the sons of Kohath were: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 The sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites (Lewiyim) according to their fathers.

20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Yachat his son, Zimmah his son,

21 Yoach his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Yeaterai his son.

22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah (Qorach) his son, Assir his son,

23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziyah his son, and Shaul his son.

25 And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.

26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

27 Eliav his son, Yeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

28 And the sons of Shemuel: the firstborn Vashni, and Aviyah.

29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

30 Shimea his son, Chaggiyah his son, Asayah his son.

31 And these are they whom Dawid set over the service of song in the house of יהוה, after that the ark had rest.

32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon (Shelomoh) had built the house of יהוה in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim); and then they waited on their office according to their order.

33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Yoel, the son of Shemuel,

34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Yeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Yoel, the son of Azaryah, the son of Zephaniah (Tsefanyahu),

37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah (Qorach),

38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Lewi, the son of Yisrael.

39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berakhyah, the son of Shimea,

40 The son of Mikhael, the son of Baaseyah, the son of Malkiyah,

41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adayah,

42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

43 The son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Lewi.

44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Avdi, the son of Malluch,

45 The son of Chashavyah, the son of Amazyah, the son of Chilqiyah,

46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Lewi.

48 Their brethren also the Levites (Lewiyim) were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God (Elohim).

49 But Aaron (Aharon) 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 Yisrael, according to all that Moses (Mosheh) the servant of God (Elohim) had commanded.

50 And these are the sons of Aaron (Aharon): Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Avishua his son,

51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahyah his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amaryah his son, Ahitub his son,

53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron (Aharon), of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot.

55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah (Yehudah), and the suburbs thereof round about it.

56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Yefunneh.

57 And to the sons of Aaron (Aharon) they gave the cities of Judah (Yehudah), namely: Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Yattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beit-Shemesh with her suburbs.

60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin (Binyamin): Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

61 And unto the sons of Kohath, who were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Menashsheh, by lot, ten cities.

62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Yissaskhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naftali, and out of the tribe of Menashsheh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities.

64 And the children of Yisrael gave to the Levites (Lewiyim) these cities with their suburbs.

65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah (Yehudah), and out of the tribe of the children of Shimon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin (Binyamin), these cities, which are called by their names.

66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Efrayim.

67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in Mount Efrayim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

68 And Yokmeam with her suburbs, and Beit-Choron with her suburbs,

69 And Ayalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs.

70 And out of the half tribe of Menashsheh: Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Menashsheh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs.

72 And out of the tribe of Yissaskhar: Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

73 And Ramot with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs.

74 And out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with her suburbs, and Avdon with her suburbs,

75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs.

76 And out of the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Qiryatayim with her suburbs.

77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zevulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs.

78 And on the other side Jordan (Yarden) by Yericho, on the east side of Jordan (Yarden), were given them out of the tribe of Reuven, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Yahzah with her suburbs,

79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs.

80 And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gilad with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Yazer with her suburbs.