1Ch 6:32They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

1Ch 6:33

1Ch 6:33And these are the ones who ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

1Ch 6:34

1Ch 6:34the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,[fn] the son of Toah,[fn]

1Ch 6:35

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

1Ch 6:36

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

1Ch 6:37

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

1Ch 6:38

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

1Ch 6:39

1Ch 6:39And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

1Ch 6:40

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

1Ch 6:41

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

1Ch 6:42

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

1Ch 6:43

1Ch 6:43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.

1Ch 6:44

1Ch 6:44Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

1Ch 6:45

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

1Ch 6:46

1Ch 6:46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

1Ch 6:47

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

1Ch 6:48

1Ch 6:48And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

The Family of Aaron

1Ch 6:49

1Ch 6:49But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices 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 6:50Now these 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, and Ahimaaz his son.

Dwelling Places of the Levites

(Josh. 21:1–42 )

1Ch 6:54

1Ch 6:54Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:

1Ch 6:55

1Ch 6:55They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands.

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 6:57And to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands,

1Ch 6:58

1Ch 6:58Hilen[fn] with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands,

1Ch 6:59

1Ch 6:59Ashan[fn] with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands.

1Ch 6:60

1Ch 6:60And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, Alemeth[fn] with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.

1Ch 6:61

1Ch 6:61To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh.

1Ch 6:62

1Ch 6:62And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

1Ch 6:63

1Ch 6:63To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

1Ch 6:64

1Ch 6:64So the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands to the Levites.

1Ch 6:65

1Ch 6:65And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.

1Ch 6:66

1Ch 6:66Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

1Ch 6:67

1Ch 6:67And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands,

1Ch 6:68

1Ch 6:68Jokmeam with its common-lands, Beth Horon with its common-lands,

1Ch 6:69

1Ch 6:69Aijalon with its common-lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands.

1Ch 6:70

1Ch 6:70And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

1Ch 6:71

1Ch 6:71From the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh the sons of Gershon were given Golan in Bashan with its common-lands and Ashtaroth with its common-lands.

1Ch 6:72

1Ch 6:72And from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its common-lands, Daberath with its common-lands,

1Ch 6:73

1Ch 6:73Ramoth with its common-lands, and Anem with its common-lands.

1Ch 6:74

1Ch 6:74And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common-lands, Abdon with its common-lands,

1Ch 6:75

1Ch 6:75Hukok with its common-lands, and Rehob with its common-lands.

1Ch 6:76

1Ch 6:76And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands.

1Ch 6:77

1Ch 6:77From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given Rimmon[fn] with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands.

1Ch 6:78

1Ch 6:78And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands, Jahzah with its common-lands,

1Ch 6:79

1Ch 6:79Kedemoth with its common-lands, and Mephaath with its common-lands.

1Ch 6:80

1Ch 6:80And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common-lands, Mahanaim with its common-lands,

1Ch 6:81

1Ch 6:81Heshbon with its common-lands, and Jazer with its common-lands.

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NKJV Footnotes

(6:16)

Hebrew Gershom (alternate spelling of Gershon, as in verses 1, 17, 20, 43, 62, and 71)

(6:26)

Compare verse 35

(6:26)

Spelled Zuph in verse 35 and 1 Samuel 1:1

(6:26)

Compare verse 34

(6:27)

Compare verse 34

(6:28)

Following Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2)

(6:28)

Hebrew Vasheni

(6:34)

Spelled Elihu in 1 Samuel 1:1

(6:34)

Spelled Tohu in 1 Samuel 1:1

(6:58)

Spelled Holon in Joshua 21:15

(6:59)

Spelled Ain in Joshua 21:16

(6:60)

Spelled Almon in Joshua 21:18

(6:77)

Hebrew Rimmono, alternate spelling of Rimmon; see 4:32

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