Descendants of Levi
1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas,
Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
5 Abishua became the father of Bukki.
Bukki became the father of Uzzi.
6 Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah.
Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth.
7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah.
Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
8 Ahitub became the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
9 Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah.
Azariah became the father of Johanan.
10 Johanan became the father of Azariah, who executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
11 Azariah became the father of Amariah.
Amariah became the father of Ahitub.
12 Ahitub became the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the father of Shallum.
13 Shallum became the father of Hilkiah.
Hilkiah became the father of Azariah.
14 Azariah became the father of Seraiah.
Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak.
15 Jehozadak was exiled, when God sent Judah and Jerusalem into captivity at the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
The Levite Clans
16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households:
20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
28 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
The Temple Musicians
31 These are the men whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. 32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed the duties of their office according to their order. 33 These are the men who served and their sons.
Of the sons of the Kohathites:
Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, 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 Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 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 Heman’s relative, Asaph, served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 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.
44 On the left, were their relatives, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 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 Shemer, 47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Descendants of Aaron
48 Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord. 49 But only Aaron and his descendants offered on the altar of 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 the Lord had commanded.
50 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, and Ahimaaz his son.
Territory for the Levites
54 These were the territories assigned as settlements within their borders, to Aaron’s descendants, from the Kohathite family, who were chosen first by sacred lot.
55 They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it, 56 but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, 58 Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, 59 Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands.
60 From the tribe of Benjamin, they were given Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants of the tribe were given ten cities by lot, from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
62 To the descendants of Gershom, according to their families, 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 cities.
63 To the descendants of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64 The Israelites gave to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands. 65 They gave by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. These cities which are mentioned by name.
66 Some of the families of the descendants of Kohath had cities of their borders from the tribe of Ephraim.
67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, and Gezer with its pasture lands, 68 Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth Horon with its pasture lands, 69 Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands.
70 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, were given to the rest of the family of the descendants of Kohath.
71 To the descendants of Gershom were given:
From the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands.
72 And from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, 73 Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands.
74 And from the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, 75 Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
76 And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
77 To the Merarites (the rest of the Levites) were given:
From the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands.
78 And beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, and Jahzah with its pasture lands, 79 Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands.
80 And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands, 81 Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.