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1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 The sons of K'hat: 'Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and 'Uzi'el.
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And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of 'Amram: Aharon, Moshe and Miryam. The sons of Aharon: Nadav, Avihu, El'azar and Itamar.
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And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
4 El'azar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua,
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Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua;
5 Avishua fathered Buki, Buki fathered
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And Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi,
6 'Uzi fathered Z'rachyah, Z'rachyah fathered M'rayot,
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And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth;
7 M'rayot fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv,
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Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
8 Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Achima'atz,
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And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
9 Achima'atz fathered 'Azaryah, 'Azaryah fathered Yochanan,
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And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan,
10 and Yochanan fathered 'Azaryah. He functioned as cohen in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim.
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And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)
11 'Azaryah fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv,
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And Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
12 Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Shalum,
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And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum,
13 Shalum fathered Hilkiyah, Hilkiyah fathered 'Azaryah,
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And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
14 'Azaryah fathered S'rayah, S'rayah fathered Y'hotzadak,
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And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak;
15 and Y'hotzadak went into captivity when ADONAI carried Y'hudah and Yerushalayim away at the hands of N'vukhadnetzar.
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And Jehozadak went as a prisoner when the Lord took away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, K'hat and M'rari.
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The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim'i.
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And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of K'hat:'Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and 'Uzi'el.
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And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of M'rari: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the L'vi'im according to father's clans:
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites listed by the names of their fathers.
20 [The descendants] of Gershom: his son Livni, his son Yachat, his son Zimah,
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Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 his son Yo'ach, his son 'Iddo, his son Zerach, his son Ye'atrai.
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Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
22 The descendants of K'hat: his son 'Amminadav, his son Korach, his son Asir,
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The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
23 his son Elkanah, his son Evyasaf, his son Asir,
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Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24 his son Tachat, his son Uri'el, his son 'Uziyah and his son Sha'ul.
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Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
25 The sons of Elkanah: 'Amasai and Achimot.
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And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: his son Tzofai, his son Nachat,
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Elkanah his son: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
27 his son Eli'av, his son Yerocham and his son Elkanah.
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Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son, Samuel his son.
28 The sons of Sh'mu'el: Vashni the firstborn, then Aviyah.
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And the sons of Samuel: the oldest Joel, and the second Abiah.
29 The descendants of M'rari: Machli, his son Livni, his son Shim'i, his son 'Uzah,
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The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 his son Shim'a, his son Hagiyah and his son 'Asayah.
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Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31 David 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.
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And these are those whom David made responsible for the music in the house of the Lord, after the ark had rest.
32 They 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.
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They gave worship with songs before the House of the Tent of meeting, till Solomon put up the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they took their places for their work in their regular order.
33 Those 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,
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And these are those who did this work, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, who made melody, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of Toach,
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The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
35 the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of 'Amasai,
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The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo'el, the son of 'Azaryah, the son of Tz'fanyah,
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The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37 the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach,
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The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
38 the son of Yitz'har, the son of K'hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra'el.
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The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
39 His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim'a,
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And his brother Asaph, whose place was at his right hand, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
40 the son of Mikha'el, the son of Ba'aseyah, the son of Malkiyah,
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The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
41 the son of Etni, the son of Zerach the son of 'Adayah,
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The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42 the son of Eitan, the son of Zimah, the son of Shim'i,
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The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43 the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
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The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44 On the left were their kinsmen the descendants of M'rari: Eitan the son of Kishi, the son of 'Avdi, the son of Malukh,
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And on the left their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45 the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah,
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The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
46 the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
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The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
47 the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of M'rari, the son of Levi.
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The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48 Their kinsmen the L'vi'im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
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And their brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God.
49 But 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.
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But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burned offering, and on the altar of perfume, for all the work of the most holy place, and to take away the sin of Israel, doing everything ordered by Moses, the servant of God.
50 These are the descendants of Aharon: his son El'azar, his son Pinchas, his son Avishua,
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And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51 his son Buki, his son 'Uzi, his son Z'rachyah,
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Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52 his son M'rayot, his son Amaryah, his son Achituv,
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Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53 his son Tzadok and his son Achima'atz.
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Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54 These 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 -
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Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, because they had the first selection,
55 they gave Hevron in the land of Y'hudah with the open land surrounding it,
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To them they gave Hebron and its outskirts in the land of Judah;
56 but the fields and the dependent villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y'funeh.
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But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
57 To 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,
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And to the sons of Aaron they gave Hebron, the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, and Libnah with its outskirts, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its outskirts,
58 Hilen with its surrounding open land, D'vir with its surrounding open land,
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And Hilen with its outskirts, Debir with its outskirts,
59 'Ashan with its surrounding open land, Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land;
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And Ashan with its outskirts, and Beth-shemesh with its outskirts;
60 and 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.
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And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its outskirts, and Alemeth with its outskirts, and Anathoth with its outskirts. All their towns among their families were thirteen towns.
61 The rest of the descendants of K'hat were assigned by lot, clan by clan, ten cities from the half-tribe of M'nasheh.
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And to the rest of the sons of Kohath there were given by the Lord's decision ten towns out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
62 The descendants of Gershom were assigned, clan by clan, thirteen cities from the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and M'nasheh in Bashan.
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And to the sons of Gershom, by 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 towns.
63 To the descendants of M'rari were assigned by lot, clan by clan, twelve cities from the tribes of Re'uven, Gad and Z'vulun.
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And to the sons of Merari, by their families, twelve towns were given by the Lord's decision, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
64 So the people of Isra'el gave the L'vi'im these cities with the surrounding open land.
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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the towns with their outskirts.
65 From the tribes of the descendants of Y'hudah, Shim'on and Binyamin they assigned these cities mentioned by name.
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And they gave by the Lord's decision 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 towns whose names are given.
66 Some of the clans of the descendants of K'hat were given cities in territory from the tribe of Efrayim.
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And to the families of the sons of Kohath were given towns by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67 They 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,
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And they gave them the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its outskirts, and Gezer with its outskirts,
68 Yokme'am with the surrounding open land, Beit-Horon with the surrounding open land,
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And Jokmeam with its outskirts, and Beth-horon with its outskirts,
69 Ayalon with the surrounding open land, and Gat-Rimmon with the surrounding open land;
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And Aijalon with its outskirts, and Gath-rimmon with its outskirts;
70 and 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.
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And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its outskirts, and Bileam with its outskirts, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
71 The 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;
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To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its outskirts, and Ashtaroth with its outskirts;
72 and from the tribe of Yissakhar: Kedesh with the surrounding open land, Davrat with the surrounding open land,
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And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its outskirts, and Daberath with its outskirts,
73 Ramot with the surrounding open land and 'Anem with the surrounding open land;
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And Ramoth with its outskirts, and Anem with its outskirts;
74 and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the surrounding open land, 'Avdon with the surrounding open land,
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And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its outskirts, and Abdon with its outskirts,
75 Hukok with the surrounding open land and Rechov with the surrounding open land;
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And Hukok with its outskirts, and Rehob with its outskirts;
76 and 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.
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its outskirts, and Hammon with its outskirts, and Kiriathaim with its outskirts.
77 To 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;
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To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its outskirts, Tabor with its outskirts;
78 and 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,
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And on the other side of Jordan, at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the waste land with its outskirts, and Jahzah with its outskirts,
79 K'demot with the surrounding open land and Mefa'at with the surrounding open land;
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And Kedemoth with its outskirts, and Mephaath with its outskirts;
80 and from the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil'ad with the surrounding open land, Machanayim with the surrounding open land,
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And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its outskirts, and Mahanaim with its outskirts,
81 Heshbon with the surrounding open land and Ya'zer with the surrounding open land.
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And Heshbon with its outskirts, and Jazer with its outskirts.
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