1The sons of Lĕwi: Gĕreshom, Qehath, and Merari.

2And the sons of Qehath: Amram, Yitshar, and Ḥeḇron, and Uzzi’ĕl.

3And the children of Amram: Aharon, and Mosheh, and Miryam. And the sons of Aharon: Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu, El‛azar and Ithamar.

4El‛azar brought forth Pineḥas, Pineḥas brought forth Aḇishua;

5and Aḇishua brought forth Buqqi, and Buqqi brought forth Uzzi;

6and Uzzi brought forth Zeraḥyah, and Zeraḥyah brought forth Merayoth;

7Merayoth brought forth Amaryah, and Amaryah brought forth Aḥituḇ;

8and Aḥituḇ brought forth Tsaḏoq, and Tsaḏoq brought forth Aḥima‛ats;

9and Aḥima‛ats brought forth Azaryah, and Azaryah brought forth Yoḥanan;

10and Yoḥanan brought forth Azaryah – it was he who served as priest in the House that Shelomoh built in Yerushalayim;

11and Azaryah brought forth Amaryah, and Amaryah brought forth Aḥituḇ;

12and Aḥituḇ brought forth Tsaḏoq, and Tsaḏoq brought forth Shallum;

13and Shallum brought forth Ḥilqiyah, and Ḥilqiyah brought forth Azaryah;

14and Azaryah brought forth Serayah, and Serayah brought forth Yehotsaḏaq.

15And Yehotsaḏaq went away when יהוה sent Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim into exile by the hand of Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar.

16The sons of Lĕwi: Gĕreshom, Qehath, and Merari.

17And these are the names of the sons of Gĕreshom: Liḇni and Shim‛i.

18And the sons of Qehath: Amram, and Yitshar, and Ḥeḇron, and Uzzi’ĕl.

19The sons of Merari: Maḥli and Mushi. And these are the clans of the Lĕwites according to their fathers:

20Of Gĕreshom were Liḇni his son, Yaḥath his son, Zimmah his son,

21Yo’aḥ his son, Iddo his son, Zeraḥ his son, Ye’atherai his son.

22The sons of Qehath: Amminaḏaḇ his son, Qoraḥ his son, Assir his son,

23Elqanah his son, Eḇyasaph his son, Assir his son,

24Taḥath his son, Uri’ĕl his son, Uzziyah his son, and Sha’ul his son.

25And the sons of Elqanah: Amasai and Aḥimoth.

26Elqanah – the sons of Elqanah: Tsophai his son, and Naḥath his son,

27Eliyaḇ his son, Yeroḥam his son, Elqanah his son.

28And the sons of Shemu’ĕl: Yo’ĕl the first-born, and Aḇiyah the second.

29The sons of Merari: Maḥli, Liḇni his son, Shim‛i his son, Uzzah his son,

30Shim‛a his son, Ḥaggiyah his son, and Asayah his son.

31And these are the men whom Dawiḏ appointed over the service of song in the House of יהוה, after the ark came to rest.

32And they were rendering service in song before the dwelling place of the Tent of Meeting, until Shelomoh had built the House of יהוה in Yerushalayim, and they performed their duties according to their ruling.

33And these are the ones who stood with their sons: Of the sons of the Qehathites were Hĕman the singer, son of Yo’ĕl, son of Shemu’ĕl,

34son of Elqanah, son of Yeroḥam, son of Eli’ĕl, son of Towaḥ,

35son of Tsuph, son of Elqanah, son of Maḥath, son of Amasai,

36son of Elqanah, son of Yo’ĕl, son of Azaryah, son of Tsephanyah,

37son of Taḥath, son of Assir, son of Eḇyasaph, son of Qoraḥ,

38son of Yitshar, son of Qehath, son of Lĕwi, son of Yisra’ĕl.

39And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph son of Bereḵyahu, son of Shim‛a,

40son of Miḵa’ĕl, son of Ba‛asĕyah, son of Malkiyah,

41son of Ethni, son of Zeraḥ, son of Aḏayah,

42son of Ěythan, son of Zimmah, son of Shim‛i,

43son of Yaḥath, son of Gĕreshom, son of Lĕwi.

44And their brothers, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were Ěythan son of Qishi, son of Aḇdi, son of Malluḵ,

45son of Ḥashaḇyah, son of Amatsyah, son of Ḥilqiyah,

46son of Amtsi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

47son of Maḥli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Lĕwi.

48And their brothers, the Lĕwites, were appointed to every kind of service of the Dwelling Place of the House of Elohim.

49But Aharon and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Set-apart Place, and to make atonement for Yisra’ĕl, according to all that Mosheh the servant of Elohim had commanded.

50And these are the sons of Aharon: El‛azar his son, Pineḥas his son, Aḇishua his son,

51Buqqi his son, Uzzi his son, Zeraḥyah his son,

52Merayoth his son, Amaryah his son, Aḥituḇ his son,

53Tsaḏoq his son, Aḥima‛ats his son.

54And these were their dwelling places throughout their settlements within their borders, of the sons of Aharon, of the clan of the Qehathites, for the lot was theirs.

55And they gave them Ḥeḇron in the land of Yehuḏah, with its surrounding open lands.

56But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Kalĕḇ son of Yephunneh.

57And to the sons of Aharon they gave the cities of refuge: Ḥeḇron, and Liḇnah with its open lands, and Yattir, and Eshtemoa with its open lands,

58and Ḥilĕn with its open lands, Deḇir with its open lands,

59and Ashan with its open lands, and Bĕyth Shemesh with its open lands.

60And from the tribe of Binyamin: Geḇa with its open lands, and Alemeth with its open lands, and Anathoth with its open lands. All their cities among their clans were thirteen.

61And to the rest of the clan of the tribe of the Qehathites by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Menashsheh.

62And to the sons of Gĕreshom, throughout their clans, thirteen cities from the tribe of Yissasḵar, and from the tribe of Ashĕr, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Menashsheh in Bashan.

63To the sons of Merari, throughout their clans, by lot twelve cities from the tribe of Re’uḇĕn, and from the tribe of Gaḏ, and from the tribe of Zeḇulun.

64So the children of Yisra’ĕl gave cities with their open lands to the Lĕwites.

65And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Yehuḏah, and from the tribe of the children of Shim‛on, and from the tribe of the children of Binyamin these cities which are mentioned by name.

66And some of the clans of the sons of Qehath had cities of their borders from the tribe of Ephrayim.

67And they gave them the cities of refuge: Sheḵem with its open lands, in the mountains of Ephrayim, and Gezer with its open lands,

68and Yoqme‛am with its open lands, and Bĕyth Ḥoron with its open lands,

69and Ayalon with its open lands, and Gath Rimmon with its open lands.

70And from the half-tribe of Menashsheh: Anĕr with its open lands, and Bil‛am with its open lands, for the rest of the clan of the sons of Qehath.

71From the clan of the half-tribe of Menashsheh the sons of Gĕreshom: Golan in Bashan with its open lands and Ashtaroth with its open lands.

72And from the tribe of Yissasḵar: Qeḏesh with its open lands, Daḇerath with its open lands,

73Ramoth with its open lands, and Anĕm with its open lands.

74And from the tribe of Ashĕr: Mashal with its open lands, and Aḇdon with its open lands,

75and Ḥuqoq with its open lands, and Reḥoḇ with its open lands.

76And from the tribe of Naphtali: Qeḏesh in Galil with its open lands, and Ḥammon with its open lands, and Qiryathayim with its open lands.

77From the tribe of Zeḇulun the rest of the children of Merari: Rimmon with its open lands and Taḇor with its open lands.

78And from beyond the Yardĕn of Yeriḥo, on the east side of the Yardĕn, from the tribe of Re’uḇĕn: Betser in the wilderness with its open lands, and Yahtsah with its open lands,

79Qeḏĕmoth with its open lands, and Mĕpha‛ath with its open lands.

80And from the tribe of Gaḏ: Ramoth in Gil‛aḏ with its open lands, and Maḥanayim with its open lands,

81and Ḥeshbon with its open lands, and Ya‛zĕr with its open lands.