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Chapter 6 |
| 1 | The sons of
Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
| 2 | And the sons of Kohath; Amram,
Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. |
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3 | And the children of Amram; Aaron, and
Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar. |
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| Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
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| 5 | And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, |
| 6 | And Uzzi begat
Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, |
| 7 | Meraioth begat Amariah, and
Amariah begat Ahitub, |
| 8 | And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat
Ahimaaz, |
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| And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat
Johanan, |
| 10
| And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the
priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) |
| 11 | And
Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, |
| 12 | And Ahitub
begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, |
| 13 | And Shallum begat Hilkiah,
and Hilkiah begat Azariah, |
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14 | And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah
begat Jehozadak, |
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15 | And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD
carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. |
| 16 | The
sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. |
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17 | And these be the names
of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. |
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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 according
to their fathers. |
| 20 | Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son, |
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21 | Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai
his son. |
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| The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
Assir his son, |
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23 | Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir
his son, |
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| Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul
his son. |
| 25
| And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. |
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As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
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| 27 | Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. |
| 28 | And the sons
of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. |
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29 | The sons of Merari;
Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, |
| 30 | Shimea his
son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. |
| 31 | And these are they whom David
set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had
rest. |
| 32 |
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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33 | And these are they that waited with their children.
Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of
Shemuel, |
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| The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,
the son of Toah, |
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35 | The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of
Mahath, the son of Amasai, |
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36 | The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,
the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, |
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37 | The son of Tahath, the son
of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, |
| 38 | The son of
Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. |
| 39 | And
his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of
Berachiah, the son of Shimea, |
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40 | The son of Michael, the son of
Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, |
| 41 | The son of Ethni, the son of
Zerah, the son of Adaiah, |
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42 | The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,
the son of Shimei, |
| 43 | The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the
son of Levi. |
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44 | And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the
left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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| 45 | The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, |
| 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 Levi. |
| 48 |
Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of
the tabernacle of the house of God. |
| 49 | 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. |
| 50
| And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son,
Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, |
| 51 | Bukki his son, Uzzi his son,
Zerahiah his son, |
| 52 | Meraioth his son, Amariah 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, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. |
| 55 |
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, 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 Jephunneh. |
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57 | 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 Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, |
| 58 | And
Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, |
| 59 | And Ashan
with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: |
| 60 | And out of
the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and
Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were
thirteen cities. |
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61 | 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 Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. |
| 62 | And to the
sons of Gershom throughout 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. |
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63 | Unto the sons of Merari
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 Zebulun, twelve cities.
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| 64 | And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their
suburbs. |
| 65
| 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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| 66 | And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of
their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. |
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67 | And they gave unto them,
of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave
also Gezer with her suburbs, |
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68 | And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and
Bethhoron with her suburbs, |
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69 | And Aijalon with her suburbs, and
Gathrimmon with her suburbs: |
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70 | And out of the half tribe of Manasseh;
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 Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her
suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: |
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72 | And out of the tribe of
Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, |
| 73 | And
Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: |
| 74 | And out of
the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
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| 75 | And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: |
| 76 | And
out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon
with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. |
| 77 | Unto the
rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon
with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: |
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78 | 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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| Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her
suburbs: |
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| And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her
suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, |
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81 | And Heshbon with her
suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. |
