The chapter lists the line of Levi, including the priests, Aaron's descendants, and the Levitical singers appointed by David. It also records the towns assigned to the Levites.
1 The sons of Levi ; Gershon , Kohath , and Merari .
2 And the sons of Kohath ; Amram , Izhar , and Hebron , and Uzziel .
3 And the children of Amram ; Aaron , and Moses , and Miriam . The sons also of Aaron ; Nadab , and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar .
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas , Phinehas begat Abishua ,
5 And Abishua begat Bukki , and Bukki begat Uzzi ,
6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah , and Zerahiah begat Meraioth ,
7 Meraioth begat Amariah , and Amariah begat Ahitub ,
8 And Ahitub begat Zadok , and Zadok begat Ahimaaz ,
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah , and Azariah begat Johanan ,
10 And Johanan begat Azariah ,(he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem :)
11 And Azariah begat Amariah , and Amariah begat Ahitub ,
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok , and Zadok begat Shallum ,
13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah , and Hilkiah begat Azariah ,
14 And Azariah begat Seraiah , and Seraiah begat Jehozadak ,
15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar .
16 The sons of Levi ; Gershom , Kohath , and Merari .
17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom ; Libni , and Shimei .
18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram , and Izhar , and Hebron , and Uzziel .
19 The sons of Merari ; Mahli , and Mushi . And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers .
20 Of Gershom ; Libni his son , Jahath his son , Zimmah his son ,
21 Joah his son , Iddo his son , Zerah his son , Jeaterai his son .
22 The sons of Kohath ; Amminadab his son , Korah his son , Assir his son ,
23 Elkanah his son , and Ebiasaph his son , and Assir his son ,
24 Tahath his son , Uriel his son , Uzziah his son , and Shaul his son .
25 And the sons of Elkanah ; Amasai , and Ahimoth .
26 As for Elkanah : the sons of Elkanah ; Zophai his son , and Nahath his son ,
27 Eliab his son , Jeroham his son , Elkanah his son .
28 And the sons of Samuel ; the firstborn Vashni , and Abiah .
29 The sons of Merari ; Mahli , Libni his son , Shimei his son , Uzza his son ,
30 Shimea his son , Haggiah his son , Asaiah his son .
31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD , after that the ark had rest .
32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing , until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem : and then they waited on their office according to their order .
33 And these are they that waited with their children . Of the sons of the Kohathites : Heman a singer , the son of Joel , the son of Shemuel ,
34 The son of Elkanah , the son of Jeroham , the son of Eliel , the son of Toah ,
35 The son of Zuph , the son of Elkanah , the son of Mahath , the son of Amasai ,
36 The son of Elkanah , the son of Joel , the son of Azariah , the son of Zephaniah ,
37 The son of Tahath , the son of Assir , the son of Ebiasaph , the son of Korah ,
38 The son of Izhar , the son of Kohath , the son of Levi , the son of Israel .
39 And his brother Asaph , who stood on his right hand , even Asaph the son of Berachiah , the son of Shimea ,
40 The son of Michael , the son of Baaseiah , the son of Malchiah ,
41 The son of Ethni , the son of Zerah , the son of Adaiah ,
42 The son of Ethan , the son of Zimmah , the son of Shimei ,
43 The son of Jahath , the son of Gershom , the son of Levi .
44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand : Ethan the son of Kishi , the son of Abdi , the son of Malluch ,
45 The son of Hashabiah , the son of Amaziah , the son of Hilkiah ,
46 The son of Amzi , the son of Bani , the son of Shamer ,
47 The son of Mahli , the son of Mushi , the son of Merari , the son of Levi .
48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God .
49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering , and on the altar of incense , and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy , and to make an atonement for Israel , according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded .
50 And these are the sons of Aaron ; Eleazar his son , Phinehas his son , Abishua his son ,
51 Bukki his son , Uzzi his son , Zerahiah his son ,
52 Meraioth his son , Amariah his son , Ahitub his son ,
53 Zadok his son , Ahimaaz his son .
54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts , of the sons of Aaron , of the families of the Kohathites : for theirs was the lot .
55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah , and the suburbs thereof round about it.
56 But the fields of the city , and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh .
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron , the city of refuge , and Libnah with her suburbs , and Jattir , and Eshtemoa , with their suburbs ,
58 And Hilen with her suburbs , Debir with her suburbs ,
59 And Ashan with her suburbs , and Bethshemesh with her suburbs :
60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin ; Geba with her suburbs , and Alemeth with her suburbs , and Anathoth with her suburbs . All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities .
61 And unto the sons of Kohath , which were left of the family of that tribe , were cities given out of the half tribe , namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh , by lot , ten cities .
62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout 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 cities .
63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot , throughout their families , out of the tribe of Reuben , and out of the tribe of Gad , and out of the tribe of Zebulun , twelve cities .
64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs .
65 And they gave by lot 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 cities , which are called by their names .
66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim .
67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge , Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs ; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs ,
68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs , and Bethhoron with her suburbs ,
69 And Aijalon with her suburbs , and Gathrimmon with her suburbs :
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh ; Aner with her suburbs , and Bileam with her suburbs , for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath .
71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh , Golan in Bashan with her suburbs , and Ashtaroth with her suburbs :
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar ; Kedesh with her suburbs , Daberath with her suburbs ,
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs , and Anem with her suburbs :
74 And out of the tribe of Asher ; Mashal with her suburbs , and Abdon with her suburbs ,
75 And Hukok with her suburbs , and Rehob with her suburbs :
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali ; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs , and Hammon with her suburbs , and Kirjathaim with her suburbs .
77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun , Rimmon with her suburbs , Tabor with her suburbs :
78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho , on the east side of Jordan , were given them out of the tribe of Reuben , Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs , and Jahzah with her suburbs ,
79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs , and Mephaath with her suburbs :
80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs , and Mahanaim with her suburbs ,
81 And Heshbon with her suburbs , and Jazer with her suburbs .