Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem;
Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.
These are the men David put in charge of the music in the LORD’s temple after the ark came to rest there.
They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them.
These are the men who served with their sons.
From the Kohathites: Heman the singer,
son of Joel, son of Samuel,
Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand:
Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons:
Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,
son of Malluch,
Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.
But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most holy place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.
but the fields and settlements around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
Aaron’s descendants were given:
Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,
From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had thirteen towns in all among their families.
To the rest of the Kohathites, ten towns from half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.
The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.
The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.
They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the descendants of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:
Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,
From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.
The Gershomites received:
Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh.
From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,
From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,
From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.
The rest of the Merarites received:
From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.
From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,
From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,
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