1 Chronicles 6, side by side

¹The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

¹The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

²The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

²And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

³The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

³And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

⁴Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,

⁴Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

⁵Abishua was the father of Bukki, Bukki was the father of Uzzi,

⁵And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

⁶Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,

⁶And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

⁷Meraioth was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

⁷Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

⁸Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,

⁸And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

⁹Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, Azariah was the father of Johanan,

⁹And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

¹⁰Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,

¹⁰And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

¹¹Azariah was the father of Amariah, Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

¹¹And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

¹²Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Zadok was the father of Shallum,

¹²And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

¹³Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,

¹³And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

¹⁴Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.

¹⁴And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

¹⁵Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁵And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

¹⁶The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

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

¹⁸The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

¹⁸And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

¹⁹The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

¹⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

²⁰Of Gershom:

²⁰Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

²¹Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.

²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

²²The descendants of Kohath:

²²The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

²³Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

²³Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

²⁵The descendants of Elkanah:

²⁵And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

²⁶Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

²⁶As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.

²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

²⁸The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.

²⁸And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

²⁹The descendants of Merari:

²⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

³⁰Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

³¹These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

³¹And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

³²They 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.

³²And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

³³These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites:

³³And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

³⁴Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

³⁴The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

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

³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

³⁶The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

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

³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

³⁸The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

³⁹Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand:

³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

⁴⁰Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,

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

⁴¹the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

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

⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

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

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

⁴³The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

⁴⁴On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari:

⁴⁴And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

⁴⁵Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

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

⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

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

⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁷The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁸Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.

⁴⁸Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹But 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.

⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Aaron:

⁵⁰And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

⁵¹Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

⁵³Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.

⁵³Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

⁵⁴Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:

⁵⁴Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

⁵⁵They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

⁵⁵And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

⁵⁶But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

⁵⁶But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

⁵⁷So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

⁵⁸Hilen, Debir,

⁵⁸And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

⁵⁹Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.

⁵⁹And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:

⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

⁶⁰And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

⁶¹To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

⁶¹And unto the sons of 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.

⁶²The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

⁶²And to the sons of Gershom throughout 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, thirteen cities.

⁶³The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

⁶³Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

⁶⁴So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

⁶⁴And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

⁶⁵They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

⁶⁵And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

⁶⁶And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

⁶⁶And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,

⁶⁷And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

⁶⁸Jokmeam, Beth-horon,

⁶⁸And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

⁶⁹Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.

⁶⁹And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

⁷⁰And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the remaining clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁰And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

⁷¹The 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.

⁷¹Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

⁷²From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath,

⁷²And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

⁷³Ramoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands.

⁷³And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

⁷⁴From the tribe of Asher they were given Mashal, Abdon,

⁷⁴And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

⁷⁵Hukok, and Rehob, together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁵And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

⁷⁶And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁶And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

⁷⁷The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁷Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

⁷⁸From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,

⁷⁸And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

⁷⁹Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁹Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

⁸⁰And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

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

⁸¹Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.

⁸¹And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.