Chapter 6

The genealogies of Levi, and of Aaron: the cities of the Levites.

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   The sons of Levi were, Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

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   The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.

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   The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Maria. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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   Eleazar begot Phinees, and Phinees begot Abisue;

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   And Abisue begot Bocci, and Bocci begot Ozi;

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   Ozi begot Zaraias, and Zaraias begot Merajoth;

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   And Merajoth begot Amarias, and Amarias begot Achitob;

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   Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas;

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   Achimaas begot Azarias, Azarias begot Johanan;

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    Johanan begot Azarias. This is he that executed the priestly office in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

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    And Azarias begot Amarias, and Amarias begot Achitob;

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    And Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Sellum;

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    Sellum begot Helcias, and Helcias begot Azarias;

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    Azarias begot Saraias, and Saraias begot Josedec.

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    Now Josedec went out, when the Lord carried away Juda, and Jerusalem by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.

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    So the sons of Levi were, Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

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    And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

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    The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

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    The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindred of Levi according to their families;

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    Of Gerson; Lobni, his son, Jahath, his son, Zamma, his son,

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    Joah, his son, Addo, his son, Zara, his son, Jethrai. his son.

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    The sons of Caath: Aminadab, his son, Core, his son, Asir, his son,

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    Elcana, his son, Abiasaph, his son, Asir, his son,

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    Thahath, his son, Uriel, his son, Ozias, his son, Saul, his son.

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    The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and Achimoth,

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    And Elcana. The sons of Elcana: Sophai, his son, Nahath, his son,

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    Eliab, his son, Jeroham, his son, Elcana, his son;

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    The sons of Samuel: the first-born, Vasseni, and Abia.

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    And the sons of Merari: Moholi, Lobni, his son. Semei, his son, Oza, his son,

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    Samaa, his son, Haggia, his son, Asaia, his son.

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    These are they, whom David set over the singing men of the house of the Lord, after that the ark was placed:

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    And they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony with singing, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood according to their order in the ministry.

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    And these are they that stood with their sons, of the sons of Caath, Heman, a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

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    The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,

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    The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

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    The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son of Azarias, the son of Sophonias,

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    The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son or Abiasaph, the son of Core,

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    The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

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    And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, Asaph, the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa,

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    The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the son of Melchia,

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    The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son of Adaia,

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    The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son of Semei,

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    The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi.

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    And the sons of Merari, their brethren, stood on the left hand, Ethan, the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Maloch,

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    The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasia, the son of Helcias,

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    The son of Amasai, the son of Boni, the son of Somer,

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    The son of Moholi, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

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    Their brethren also, the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord.

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    But Aaron and his sons offered burnt-offerings upon the altar of holocaust, and upon the altar of incense, and were for every work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel, according to all that Moses, the servant of God, had commanded.

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    And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar, his son, Phinees, his son, Abisue, his son,

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    Bocci, his son, Ozi, his son, Zarahia, his son,

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    Meraioth, his son, Amarias, his son, Achitob, his son,

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    Sadoc, his son, Achimaas, his son.

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    And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines; to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.

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    And they gave them Hebron, in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

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    But the fields of the city, and the villages, to Caleb, son of Jephone.

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    And to the sons of Aaron they gave of the cities for refuge, Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof;

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    And Jether, and Esthemo, with their suburbs, and Helon, and Dabir, with their suburbs:

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    Asan also, and Bethsemes, with their suburbs.

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    And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee, and its suburbs, Almath, with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families, were thirteen.

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    And to the sons of Caath, that remained of their kindred, they gave out of the half tribe of Manasses, ten cities in possession.

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    And to the sons of Gerson, by their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the tribe of Manasses, in Basan, thirteen cities.

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    And to the sons of Merari, by their families, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.

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    And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities, and their suburbs:

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    And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities, which they called by their names,

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    And to them, that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath, and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim.

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    And they gave of the cities of refuge, Sichem, with its suburbs, in Mount Ephraim, and Gazer, with its suburbs,

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    Jecmaan also, with its suburbs, and Bethhoron, in like manner;

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    Helon also, with its suburbs, and Gethremmon, in like manner:

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    And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner, and its suburbs, Baalam, and its suburbs: to wit, to them that were left of the family of the sons of Caath.

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    And to the sons of Gersom, out of the kindred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and Astharoth, with its suburbs.

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    Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes, and its suburbs, and Dabereth, with its suburbs,

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    Ramoth also, and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs.

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    And out of the tribe of Aser, Masal, with its suburbs, and Abdon, in like manner,

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    Hucac also, and its suburbs, and Rohob, with its suburbs.

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    And out of the tribe of Nephthali, Cedes, in Galilee, and its suburbs, Hamon, with its suburbs, and Cariathaim, and its suburbs.

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    And to the sons of Merari that remained, out of the tribe of Zabulon, Remmono, and its suburbs, and Thabor, with its suburbs:

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    Beyond the Jordan also, over-against Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor, in the wilderness, with its suburbs, and Jassa, with its suburbs.

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    Cademoth also, and its suburbs, and Mephaath, with its suburbs.

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    Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth, in Galaad, and its suburbs, and Manaim, with its suburbs,

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    Hesebon also, with its suburbs, and Jezer, with its suburbs.