CHAPTER 6
The children
of Amram:
Aaron,
Moses,
and Miriam.
The sons
of Aaron:
Nadab,
Abihu,
Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
Johanan
was the father of
Azariah
(
who
served as priest
in the temple
that
Solomon
built
in Jerusalem),
Jehozadak
went into captivity
when the LORD
sent Judah
and Jerusalem
into exile
by the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar.
The sons
of Merari:
Mahli
and Mushi.
These are
the clans
of the Levites
listed according to their fathers:
These
are the men
David
put
in
charge
of the music
in the house
of the LORD
after the ark
rested there.
They ministered
with song
before
the tabernacle,
the Tent
of Meeting,
until
Solomon
built
the house
of the LORD
in Jerusalem.
And they performed
their duties
according to the regulations given them.
These
are the men who served
with their sons.
From the Kohathites:
Heman
the singer,
the son
of Joel,
the son
of Samuel,
Heman’s kinsman
was Asaph,
who served
at
his right hand:
Asaph
the son
of Berechiah,
the son
of Shimea,
On
the left
were their kinsmen,
the sons
of Merari:
Ethan
the son
of Kishi,
the son
of Abdi,
the son
of Malluch,
But Aaron
and his sons
did all
the work
of the Most Holy Place.
They presented the offerings
on
the altar
of burnt offering
and on
the altar
of incense
to make atonement
for
Israel,
according to all
that
Moses
the servant
of God
had commanded.
Now these were
the territories
assigned to the descendants
of Aaron
from the Kohathite
clan
for their settlements,
because
the first lot
fell
to them:
And from the tribe
of Benjamin
they were given
Geba,
Alemeth,
and Anathoth
each with their pasturelands.
So they had thirteen
cities
in all
among their families.
The Gershomites,
according to their clans,
were allotted thirteen
cities
from the tribes
of Issachar,
Asher,
Naphtali,
and Manasseh
in Bashan.
The Merarites,
according to their families,
were allotted
twelve
cities
from the tribes
of Reuben,
Gad,
and Zebulun.
And some of the clans
of the Kohathites
were given cities
from the tribe
of Ephraim
for their territory:
They were given
Shechem
(a city
of refuge)
with its pasturelands
in the hill country
of Ephraim,
and
Gezer,
And from
the half-tribe
of Manasseh
Aner
and Bileam,
together with their pasturelands,
were given to the rest
of the clans
of the Kohathites.
The Gershomites received the following
From the clan
of
the half-tribe
of Manasseh
they were given
Golan
in Bashan
and also
Ashtaroth,
together with
their pasturelands.
And from the tribe
of Naphtali
they were given
Kedesh
in Galilee,
Hammon,
and Kiriathaim,
together with
their pasturelands.
The Merarites
(the rest of the Levites) [received th
From the tribe
of Zebulun
they were given
Rimmono
and Tabor,
together with
their pasturelands.
From the tribe
of Reuben
east
of the Jordan
opposite Jericho
they were given Bezer
in the wilderness,
Jahzah,