1Ch 6:32They 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.

1Ch 6:33

1Ch 6:33These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1Ch 6:34

1Ch 6:34son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,

1Ch 6:35

1Ch 6:35son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

1Ch 6:36

1Ch 6:36son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

1Ch 6:37

1Ch 6:37son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

1Ch 6:38

1Ch 6:38son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;

1Ch 6:39

1Ch 6:39and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

1Ch 6:40

1Ch 6:40son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,

1Ch 6:41

1Ch 6:41son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

1Ch 6:42

1Ch 6:42son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,

1Ch 6:43

1Ch 6:43son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

1Ch 6:44

1Ch 6:44On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

1Ch 6:45

1Ch 6:45son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

1Ch 6:46

1Ch 6:46son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

1Ch 6:47

1Ch 6:47son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

1Ch 6:48

1Ch 6:48And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

1Ch 6:49

1Ch 6:49But 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.

1Ch 6:50

1Ch 6:50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

1Ch 6:51

1Ch 6:51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

1Ch 6:52

1Ch 6:52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

1Ch 6:53

1Ch 6:53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

(Jos 21:1–42 )

1Ch 6:54

1Ch 6:54These 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,

1Ch 6:55

1Ch 6:55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

1Ch 6:56

1Ch 6:56but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

1Ch 6:57

1Ch 6:57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:58

1Ch 6:58Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:59

1Ch 6:59Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;

1Ch 6:60

1Ch 6:60and 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.

1Ch 6:61

1Ch 6:61To 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.

1Ch 6:62

1Ch 6:62To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.

1Ch 6:63

1Ch 6:63To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

1Ch 6:64

1Ch 6:64So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.

1Ch 6:65

1Ch 6:65They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.

1Ch 6:66

1Ch 6:66And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

1Ch 6:67

1Ch 6:67They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:68

1Ch 6:68Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:69

1Ch 6:69Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:70

1Ch 6:70and 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.

1Ch 6:71

1Ch 6:71To 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;

1Ch 6:72

1Ch 6:72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:73

1Ch 6:73Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;

1Ch 6:74

1Ch 6:74out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:75

1Ch 6:75Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;

1Ch 6:76

1Ch 6:76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.

1Ch 6:77

1Ch 6:77To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:78

1Ch 6:78and 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,

1Ch 6:79

1Ch 6:79Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;

1Ch 6:80

1Ch 6:80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

1Ch 6:81

1Ch 6:81Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.

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(6:1)

Ch 5:27 in Hebrew

(6:16)

Ch 6:1 in Hebrew

(6:28)

Septuagint, Syriac (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew lacks Joel

(6:28)

Hebrew and Abijah

(6:60)

Septuagint, Syriac (compare Joshua 21:17); Hebrew lacks Gibeon

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