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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.
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And to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands,
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Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands,
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Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands.
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And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.
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To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh.
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And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
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To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.