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The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua;
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Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi;
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Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;
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Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;
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Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;
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Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan;
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Johanan begot Azariah (it was he who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem);
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Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;
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Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum;
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Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah;
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Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.
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Jehozadak went into captivity when the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
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The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
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The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:
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Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
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Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
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The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
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Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
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Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
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The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth.
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As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
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Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
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The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second.
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The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
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Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
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Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest.
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They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.
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And these are the ones who ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
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the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
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the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
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the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
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the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
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the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
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And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
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the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
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the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
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the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
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the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.
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Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
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the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
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the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
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And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
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But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
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Now these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
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Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
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Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
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Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
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Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:
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They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands.
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But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.