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1 Chronicles 6 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Descendants of Levi

(Gen 46:11 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - [fn] The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:2 - The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:3 - The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:4 - Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:5 - Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:6 - Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:7 - Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:8 - Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:9 - Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10 - and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:11 - Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:12 - Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:13 - Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:14 - Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:15 - and Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - [fn] The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:17 - And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:18 - The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:20 - Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:21 - Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:22 - The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:23 - Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:24 - Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:25 - The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:26 - Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:27 - Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:28 - The sons of Samuel: Joel[fn] his firstborn, the second Abijah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:29 - The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:30 - Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:33 - These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:34 - son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:35 - son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:36 - son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:37 - son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:39 - and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:40 - son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:41 - son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:42 - son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:45 - son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:46 - son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49 - But Aaron and his sons made offerings 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 God had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:50 - These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:51 - Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:52 - Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:53 - Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
(Jos 21:1–42 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:55 - to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:58 - Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:59 - Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon,[fn] Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 - To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:64 - So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66 - And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:68 - Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:69 - Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:70 - and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:71 - To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:72 - and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:73 - Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:74 - out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:75 - Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:77 - To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:79 - Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:80 - and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:81 - Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
See the ESV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
ESV Footnotes
Ch 5:27 in Hebrew
Ch 6:1 in Hebrew
Septuagint, Syriac (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew lacks Joel
Hebrew and Abijah
Septuagint, Syriac (compare Joshua 21:17); Hebrew lacks Gibeon
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