1 Chronicles 6— CJB

¹The sons of Levi: Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.

²The sons of K'hat: 'Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and 'Uzi'el.

³The children of 'Amram: Aharon, Moshe and Miryam. The sons of Aharon: Nadav, Avihu, El'azar and Itamar.

⁴El'azar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua,

⁵Avishua fathered Buki, Buki fathered

⁶'Uzi fathered Z'rachyah, Z'rachyah fathered M'rayot,

⁷M'rayot fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv,

⁸Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Achima'atz,

⁹Achima'atz fathered 'Azaryah, 'Azaryah fathered Yochanan,

¹⁰and Yochanan fathered 'Azaryah. He functioned as cohen in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim.

¹¹'Azaryah fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv,

¹²Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Shalum,

¹³Shalum fathered Hilkiyah, Hilkiyah fathered 'Azaryah,

¹⁴'Azaryah fathered S'rayah, S'rayah fathered Y'hotzadak,

¹⁵and Y'hotzadak went into captivity when ADONAI carried Y'hudah and Yerushalayim away at the hands of N'vukhadnetzar.

¹⁶The sons of Levi: Gershom, K'hat and M'rari.

¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim'i.

¹⁸The sons of K'hat:'Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and 'Uzi'el.

¹⁹The sons of M'rari: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the L'vi'im according to father's clans:

²⁰[The descendants] of Gershom: his son Livni, his son Yachat, his son Zimah,

²¹his son Yo'ach, his son 'Iddo, his son Zerach, his son Ye'atrai.

²²The descendants of K'hat: his son 'Amminadav, his son Korach, his son Asir,

²³his son Elkanah, his son Evyasaf, his son Asir,

²⁴his son Tachat, his son Uri'el, his son 'Uziyah and his son Sha'ul.

²⁵The sons of Elkanah: 'Amasai and Achimot.

²⁶As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: his son Tzofai, his son Nachat,

²⁷his son Eli'av, his son Yerocham and his son Elkanah.

²⁸The sons of Sh'mu'el: Vashni the firstborn, then Aviyah.

²⁹The descendants of M'rari: Machli, his son Livni, his son Shim'i, his son 'Uzah,

³⁰his son Shim'a, his son Hagiyah and his son 'Asayah.

³¹David appointed them to be in charge of the service of song in the house of ADONAI after the ark had found a permanent resting place.

³²They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of ADONAI in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order.

³³Those who carried out these tasks and their descendants were - starting with descendants of the K'hati - Heman the singer, the son of Yo'el the son of Sh'mu'el,

³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of Toach,

³⁵the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of 'Amasai,

³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo'el, the son of 'Azaryah, the son of Tz'fanyah,

³⁷the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach,

³⁸the son of Yitz'har, the son of K'hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra'el.

³⁹His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim'a,

⁴⁰the son of Mikha'el, the son of Ba'aseyah, the son of Malkiyah,

⁴¹the son of Etni, the son of Zerach the son of 'Adayah,

⁴²the son of Eitan, the son of Zimah, the son of Shim'i,

⁴³the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

⁴⁴On the left were their kinsmen the descendants of M'rari: Eitan the son of Kishi, the son of 'Avdi, the son of Malukh,

⁴⁵the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah,

⁴⁶the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

⁴⁷the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of M'rari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁸Their kinsmen the L'vi'im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹But Aharon and his sons were the ones who offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the service of the Especially Holy Place and to make atonement for Isra'el, in keeping with all that Moshe the servant of God had ordered to be done.

⁵⁰These are the descendants of Aharon: his son El'azar, his son Pinchas, his son Avishua,

⁵¹his son Buki, his son 'Uzi, his son Z'rachyah,

⁵²his son M'rayot, his son Amaryah, his son Achituv,

⁵³his son Tzadok and his son Achima'atz.

⁵⁴These were the settlements of the descendants of Aharon according to the territories assigned them: to the descendants of Aharon, of the clans of the K'hati -for the first lot fell to them -

⁵⁵they gave Hevron in the land of Y'hudah with the open land surrounding it,

⁵⁶but the fields and the dependent villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y'funeh.

⁵⁷To the descendants of Aharon they gave the city of refuge Hevron, also Livnah with its surrounding open land, Yatir, Esht'moa with its surrounding open land,

⁵⁸Hilen with its surrounding open land, D'vir with its surrounding open land,

⁵⁹'Ashan with its surrounding open land, Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land;

⁶⁰and out of the tribe of Binyamin: Geva with its surrounding open land, 'Alemet with its surrounding open land and 'Anatot with its surrounding open land. All the cities for all their clans amounted to thirteen cities.

⁶¹The rest of the descendants of K'hat were assigned by lot, clan by clan, ten cities from the half-tribe of M'nasheh.

⁶²The descendants of Gershom were assigned, clan by clan, thirteen cities from the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and M'nasheh in Bashan.

⁶³To the descendants of M'rari were assigned by lot, clan by clan, twelve cities from the tribes of Re'uven, Gad and Z'vulun.

⁶⁴So the people of Isra'el gave the L'vi'im these cities with the surrounding open land.

⁶⁵From the tribes of the descendants of Y'hudah, Shim'on and Binyamin they assigned these cities mentioned by name.

⁶⁶Some of the clans of the descendants of K'hat were given cities in territory from the tribe of Efrayim.

⁶⁷They gave them the city of refuge Sh'khem in the hills of Efrayim with the surrounding open land, also Gezer with the surrounding open land,

⁶⁸Yokme'am with the surrounding open land, Beit-Horon with the surrounding open land,

⁶⁹Ayalon with the surrounding open land, and Gat-Rimmon with the surrounding open land;

⁷⁰and out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: 'Aner with the surrounding open land and Bil'am with the surrounding open land, for the rest of the clans of the descendants of K'hat.

⁷¹The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and 'Ashtarot with the surrounding open land;

⁷²and from the tribe of Yissakhar: Kedesh with the surrounding open land, Davrat with the surrounding open land,

⁷³Ramot with the surrounding open land and 'Anem with the surrounding open land;

⁷⁴and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the surrounding open land, 'Avdon with the surrounding open land,

⁷⁵Hukok with the surrounding open land and Rechov with the surrounding open land;

⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with the surrounding open land, Hamon with the surrounding open land and Kiryatayim with the surrounding open land.

⁷⁷To the rest [of the L'vi'im], the descendants of M'rari, were given, from the tribe of Z'vulun: Rimmono with the surrounding open land and Tavor with the surrounding open land;

⁷⁸and beyond the Yarden at Yericho, on the east side of the Yarden, they were given, from the tribe of Re'uven: Betzer in the desert with the surrounding open land, Yahatz with the surrounding open land,

⁷⁹K'demot with the surrounding open land and Mefa'at with the surrounding open land;

⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil'ad with the surrounding open land, Machanayim with the surrounding open land,

⁸¹Heshbon with the surrounding open land and Ya'zer with the surrounding open land.