1 Chronicles 6
1 The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and
Merari. 2 And these
are the names of the sons of Gedson; Lobeni, and
Semei. 3 The sons of Caath; Ambram,
and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel. 4 The
sons of Merari; Mooli and Musi: and these are the
families of Levi, according to their families.
5 To Gedson—to Lobeni his son—were born
Jeth his son, Zammath his son, 6 Joab
his son, Addi his son, Zara his son, Jethri his son.
7 The sons of Caath; Aminadab his son,
Core his son, Aser his son; 8 Helcana
his son, Abisaph his son, Aser his son:
9 Thaath his son, Uriel his son, Ozia
his son, Saul his son. 10 And the
sons of Helcana; Amessi, and Achimoth.
11 Helcana his son, Suphi his son,
Cainaath his son; 12 Eliab his son,
Jeroboam his son, Helcana his son.
13 The sons of Samuel; the first-born
Sani, and Abia. 14 The sons of
Merari; Mooli, Lobeni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son;
15 Samaa his son, Angia his son,
Asaias his son.
16 And these
were the men whom David set over the service of the
singers in the house of the Lord when the ark was at rest.
17 And they ministered in front of
the tabernacle of witness playing on instruments,
until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood
according to their order for their services.
18 And these
were the men that stood, and their sons, of the sons
of Caath: Æman the psalm singer, son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
19 the son of Helcana, the son of
Jeroboam, the son of Eliel, the son of Thoas,
20 the son of Suph, the son of
Helcana, the son of Maath, the son of Amathi,
21 the son of Helcana, the son of
Joel, the son of Azarias, the son of Japhanias,
22 the son of Thaath, the son of
Aser, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,
23 the son of Isaar, the son of
Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
24 And his brother Asaph, who stood
at his right hand; Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa,
25 the son of Michael, the son of
Baasia, the son of Melchia, 26 the
son of Athani, the son of Zaarai,
27 the son of Adai, the son of Ætham,
the son of Zammam, the son of Semei,
28 the son of Jeeth, the son of
Gedson, the son of Levi. 29 And the
sons of Merari their brethren on the left hand: Ætham the son of Kisa, the son
of Abai, the son of Maloch, 30 the
son of Asebi, 31 the son of Amessias,
the son of Bani, the son of Semer,
32 the son of Mooli, the son of Musi,
the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
33 And their brethren according to
the houses of their fathers, were the Levites who
were appointed to all the work of ministration of the tabernacle of the house
of God.
34 And Aaron and his sons
were to burn incense on the altar of
whole-burnt-offerings, and on the altar of incense, for all the ministry
in the holy of holies, and to make atonement for
Israel, according to all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
35 And these
are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinees his
son, Abisu his son, 36 Bokki his son,
Ozi his son, Saraia his son,
37 Mariel his son, Amaria his son,
Achitob his son, 38 Sadoc his son,
Achimaas his son.
39 And these
are their residences in their villages, in their
coasts, to the sons of Aaron, to their family the Caathites: for they had the
lot. 40 And they gave them Chebron in
the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it.
41 But the fields of the city, and
its villages, they gave to Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
42 And to the sons of Aaron they gave
the cities of refuge, even Chebron, and Lobna and her
suburbs round about, and Selna and her suburbs, and Esthamo and her suburbs,
43 and Jethar and her suburbs, and
Dabir and her suburbs, 44 and Asan
and her suburbs, and Bæthsamys and her suburbs:
45 and of the tribe of Benjamin Gabai
and her suburbs, and Galemath and her suburbs, and Anathoth and her suburbs:
all their cities were thirteen cities according to
their families.
46 And to the sons of Caath that were
left of their families, there were given out of the
tribe, namely, out of the half-tribe of Manasse, by
lot, ten cities. 47 And to the sons
of Gedson according to their families
there were given thirteen cities of the tribe of
Issachar, of the tribe of Aser, of the tribe of Nephthali, of the tribe of
Manasse in Basan. 48 And to the sons
of Merari according to their families
there were given, by lot, twelve cities of the tribe
of Ruben, of the tribe of Gad, and of the tribe of
Zabulon. 49 So the children of Israel
gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.
50 And they gave by lot out of the
tribe of the children of Juda, and out of the tribe of the children of Symeon,
and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which they call
by name.
51 And
to the members of the families of the sons of Caath
there were also given the cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
52 And they gave them the cities of
refuge, Sychem and her suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer and her suburbs,
53 and Jecmaan and her suburbs, and
Bæthoron and her suburbs, 54 and Ælon
and her suburbs, and Gethremmon and her suburbs:
55 and of the half-tribe of Manasse
Anar and her suburbs, and Jemblaan and her suburbs, to the sons of Caath that
were left, according to each several family.
56 To the sons of Gedson from the
families of the half-tribe of Manasse they gave Golan
of Basan and her suburbs, and Aseroth and her suburbs.
57 And out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kedes and her suburbs, and Deberi and her suburbs, and Dabor and her suburbs,
58 and Ramoth, and Ænan and her
suburbs. 59 And of the tribe of Aser;
Maasal and her suburbs, and Abdon and her suburbs,
60 and Acac and her suburbs, and Roob
and her suburbs. 61 And of the tribe
of Nephthali; Kedes in Galilee and her suburbs, and Chamoth and her suburbs,
and Kariathaim and her suburbs.
62 To the sons of Merari that were
left, they gave out of the tribe of Zabulon Remmon
and her suburbs, and Thabor and her suburbs:
63 out of
the country beyond Jordan; Jericho westward of
Jordan: out of the tribe of Ruben; Bosor in the wilderness and her suburbs,
and Jasa and her suburbs, 64 and
Kadmoth and her suburbs, and Maephla and her suburbs.
65 Out of the tribe of Gad; Rammoth
Galaad and her suburbs, and Maanaim and her suburbs,
66 and Esebon and her suburbs, and
Jazer and her suburbs.