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Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
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Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
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The sons of Samuel: Joelc his firstborn, the second Abijah.d
2925The sons of Merari: 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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These are the men 26whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the LORD 27after the ark rested there.
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They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.
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These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of 28Samuel,
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son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,
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son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,
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son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,
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son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,
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son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;
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and his brother 29Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
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son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,
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son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
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And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
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But Aaron and his sons made offerings 30on the altar of burnt offering and on 31the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and 32to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
5033These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
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These are their dwelling places according to their 34settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the 35clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,
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to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,
5636but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
5737To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
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Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
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Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;
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and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon,e Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.
6138To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
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To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.
6339To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
6440So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.
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They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin 41these cities that are mentioned by name.
6642And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
6843Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,
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Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,
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and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.
7144To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and 45Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;
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and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
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Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;
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out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
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Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;
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and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.
7746To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: 47Rimmono with its pasturelands, 48Tabor with its pasturelands,
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and 49beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,
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Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;
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and out of the tribe of Gad: 50Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, 51Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
8152Heshbon with its pasturelands, and 53Jazer with its pasturelands.