Verse 1
1 Chronicles 6:1
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשֹׁ֕ם קְהָ֖ת וּ/מְרָרִֽי
English Translation
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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Chapter 6 Context
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The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar a...
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Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua;
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And Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi,
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And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth;
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Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
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And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
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And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan,
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And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem...
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And Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
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And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum,
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And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
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And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak;
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And Jehozadak went as a prisoner when the Lord took away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchad...
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The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
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And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites listed by the names o...
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Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
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Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
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The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
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Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
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Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
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And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
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Elkanah his son: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
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Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son, Samuel his son.
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And the sons of Samuel: the oldest Joel, and the second Abiah.
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The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
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Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
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And these are those whom David made responsible for the music in the house of the Lord, after the ar...
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They gave worship with songs before the House of the Tent of meeting, till Solomon put up the house...
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And these are those who did this work, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, who mad...
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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, whose place was at his right hand, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Sh...
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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 Gershom, the son of Levi.
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And on the left their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the so...
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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 Shemer,
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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 brothers the Levites were responsible for all the work of the Tent of the house of God (El...
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But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burned offering, and on the altar of perfume,...
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And 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, Ahimaaz his son.
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Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the s...
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To them they gave Hebron and its outskirts in the land of Judah;
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But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jeph...
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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...
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And Hilen with its outskirts, Debir with its outskirts,
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And Ashan with its outskirts, and Beth-shemesh with its outskirts;
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And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its outskirts, and Alemeth with its outskirts, and Anathot...
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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 f...
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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...
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And to the sons of Merari, by their families, twelve towns were given by the Lord's decision, out of...
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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the towns with their outskirts.
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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...
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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 o...
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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...
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And Jokmeam with its outskirts, and Beth-horon with its outskirts,
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And Aijalon with its outskirts, and Gath-rimmon with its outskirts;
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And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its outskirts, and Bileam with its outskirts, for t...
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To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan...
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And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its outskirts, and Daberath with its outskirts,
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And Ramoth with its outskirts, and Anem with its outskirts;
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And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its outskirts, and Abdon with its outskirts,
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And Hukok with its outskirts, and Rehob with its outskirts;
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its outskirts, and Hammon with its outskirt...
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To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono wit...
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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...
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And Kedemoth with its outskirts, and Mephaath with its outskirts;
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And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its outskirts, and Mahanaim with its outskirts,
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And Heshbon with its outskirts, and Jazer with its outskirts.
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