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¹ The sonnes of Leui were Gershon, Kohath, & Merari.

² And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Vzziel.

³ And the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses & Miriam; the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

⁴ Eleazar begate Phinehas. Phinehas begate Abishua,

⁵ And Abishua begate Bukki, and Bukki begate Vzzi,

⁶ And Vzzi begate Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begate Meraioth.

⁷ Meraioth begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

⁸ And Ahitub begatWho was high priest after Abiathar was deposed, according to the prophecy of Eli the priest, (1Sa_2:31, 1Sa_2:35).Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

⁹ And Ahimaaz begate Azariah, & Azariah begate Iohanan,

¹⁰ And Johanan begat Azariah, (he [it is] that executed theAnd valiantly resisted king Uzziah, who would have usurped the priest's office (2Ch_26:17-18).priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

¹¹ And Azariah begate Amariah, & Amariah begate Ahitub,

¹² And Ahitub begate Zadok, & Zadok begate Shallum,

¹³ And Shallum begate Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begate Azariah,

¹⁴ And Azariah begate Seraiah, and Seraiah begate Iehozadak,

¹⁵ AndThat is, he was led into captivity with his father Seraiah the high priest, (2Ki_25:18).Jehozadak went [into captivity], when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶ The sonnes of Leui were Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

¹⁷ And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershom, Libni, and Shimei.

¹⁸ And the sonnes of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron and Vzziel.

¹⁹ The sonnes of Merari, Mahli & Mushi: and these are the families of Leui concerning their fathers.

²⁰ Of Gershom, Libni his sonne, Iahath his sonne, Zimmah his sonne,

²¹ Ioah his sonne, Iddo his sonne, Zerah his sonne, Ieaterai his sonne.

²² The sons of Kohath;Who seems to be called Izhar, (Exo_6:21).Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

²³ Elkanah his sonne, and Ebiasaph his sonne, and Assir his sonne,

²⁴ Tahath his sonne, Vriel his sonne, Vzziah his sonne, and Shaul his sonne,

²⁵ And the sonnes of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.

²⁶ Elkanah. The sonnes of Elkanah, Zophai his sonne, and Nahath his sonne,

²⁷ Eliab his sonne, Ieroham his sonne, Elkanah his sonne,

²⁸ And the sons of Samuel; the firstbornWho is also called Joel, (1Sa_8:2; 1Ch_6:33).Vashni, and Abiah.

²⁹ The sonnes of Merari were Mahli, Libni his sonne, Shimei his sonne, Vzzah his sonne,

³⁰ Shimea his sonne, Haggiah his sonne, Asaiah his sonne.

³¹ And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark hadAfter it was brought to the place where the temple would be built and was no longer carried to and fro.rest.

³² And they ministred before the Tabernacle, euen the Tabernacle of the Congregation with singing, vntill Salomon had built ye house of the Lord in Ierusalem: then they continued in their office, according to their custome.

³³ And these ministred with their children: of the sonnes of Kohath, Heman a singer, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Shemuel,

³⁴ The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Eliel, the sonne of Toah,

³⁵ The sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Mahath, the sonne of Amasai,

³⁶ The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Zephaniah,

³⁷ The sonne of Tahath, the sonne of Assir, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Korah,

³⁸ The sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel.

³⁹ And his brotherMeaning, the son of Heman, (1Ch_6:33).Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

⁴⁰ The sonne of Michael, the sonne of Baaseiah, the sonne of Malchiah,

⁴¹ The sonne of Ethni, the sonne of Zerah, the sonne of Adaiah,

⁴² The sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Zimmah, the sonne of Shimei,

⁴³ The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Leui.

⁴⁴ And their brethren the sonnes of Merari were on the left hand, euen Ethan the sonne of Kishi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Malluch,

⁴⁵ The sonne of Hashabiah, the sonne of Amaziah, the sonne of Hilkiah,

⁴⁶ The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Shamer,

⁴⁷ The sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui.

⁴⁸ TheirThe Levites are called the singers brothers because they came from the same stock.brethren also the Levites [were]Read (Num_4:4).appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all that was to do in the most holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the seruant of God had commaunded.

⁵⁰ These are also the sonnes of Aaron, Eleazar his sonne, Phinehas his sonne, Abishua his sonne,

⁵¹ Bukki his sonne, Vzzi his sonne, Zerahiah his sonne,

⁵² Meraioth his sonne, Amariah his sonne, Ahitub his sonne,

⁵³ Zadok his sonne, and Ahimaaz his sonne.

⁵⁴ Now these [are] theirOr, cities which were given to the Levites.dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was theThey were first appointed, and prepared for.lot.

⁵⁵ And they gave themWhich was also called Kirjatharba, (Gen_23:2; Jos_21:11).Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

⁵⁶ But the fielde of the citie, and the villages thereof they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

⁵⁷ And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] ofThat he that had killed a man might flee to it for help till his case was tried, (Deu_19:2).refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

⁵⁸ AndWhich Joshua called Holon, (Jos_15:51, Jos_21:15).Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

⁵⁹ And Ashan and her suburbes, and Bethshemesh and her suburbes:

⁶⁰ And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, andOr, Almon (Jos_21:18).Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families [were] thirteen cities.

⁶¹ And unto the sons ofThat is, they gave a portion to the Kohathites, who were the remnant of the tribe of Levi, out of the half tribe of Manasseh and out of Ephraim, (1Ch_6:66).Kohath, [which were] left of the family of that tribe, [were cities given] out of the half tribe, [namely, out of] the half [tribe] of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

⁶² And to the sonnes of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.

⁶³ Vnto the sonnes of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelue cities.

⁶⁴ Thus the children of Israel gaue to the Leuites cities with their suburbes.

⁶⁵ And they gaue by lot out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which they called by their names.

⁶⁶ And they of the families of the sonnes of Kohath, had cities and their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷ And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbes, and Gezer and her suburbes,

⁶⁸ Iokmeam also and her suburbes, and Bethhoron with her suburbes,

⁶⁹ And Aialon and her suburbes, and Gath Rimmon and her suburbes,

⁷⁰ And out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Aner and her suburbes, and Bileam and her suburbes, for the families of the remnant of the sonnes of Kohath.

⁷¹ Unto the sons ofWho in the first verse is also called Gershon.Gershom [were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

⁷² And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh and her suburbes, Daberath and her suburbes,

⁷³ Ramoth also and her suburbes, and Anem with her suburbes,

⁷⁴ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and her suburbes, and Abdon and her suburbes,

⁷⁵ And Hukok and her suburbs, and Rehob and her suburbes,

⁷⁶ And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilea and her suburbes, and Hammon and her suburbes, and Kiriathaim and her suburbes.

⁷⁷ Vnto the rest of the children of Merari were giuen out of ye tribe of Zebulun Rimmon and her suburbes, Tabor and her suburbes,

⁷⁸ And on the other side Iorden by Iericho, euen on the Eastside of Iorden, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wildernesse with her suburbes, and Iahzah with her suburbes,

⁷⁹ And Kedemoth with her suburbes, & Mephaath with her suburbes,

⁸⁰ And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes,

⁸¹ And Heshbon with her suburbes, and Iaazer with her suburbes.