¹The sons of Levi:
    Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
  ²The sons of Kohath:
    Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
  ³The children of Amram:
    Aaron, Moses and Miriam.
  The sons of Aaron:
    Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
    ⁴Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,
    Phinehas the father of Abishua,
    ⁵Abishua the father of Bukki,
    Bukki the father of Uzzi,
    ⁶Uzzi the father of Zerahiah,
    Zerahiah the father of Meraioth,
    ⁷Meraioth the father of Amariah,
    Amariah the father of Ahitub,
    ⁸Ahitub the father of Zadok,
    Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,
    ⁹Ahimaaz the father of Azariah,
    Azariah the father of Johanan,
    ¹⁰Johanan the father of Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),
    ¹¹Azariah the father of Amariah,
    Amariah the father of Ahitub,
    ¹²Ahitub the father of Zadok,
    Zadok the father of Shallum,
    ¹³Shallum the father of Hilkiah,
    Hilkiah the father of Azariah,
    ¹⁴Azariah the father of Seraiah,
    and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.⚓
  ¹⁵Jozadak was deported when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
  ¹⁶The sons of Levi:
    Gershon,⚓ Kohath and Merari.
  ¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershon:
    Libni and Shimei.
  ¹⁸The sons of Kohath:
    Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
  ¹⁹The sons of Merari:
    Mahli and Mushi.
  These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
  ²⁰Of Gershon:
    Libni his son, Jahath his son,
    Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son,
    Iddo his son, Zerah his son
    and Jeatherai his son.
  ²²The descendants of Kohath:
    Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
    Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son,
    Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
    ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son,
    Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.
  ²⁵The descendants of Elkanah:
    Amasai, Ahimoth,
    ²⁶Elkanah his son,⚓ Zophai his son,
    Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son,
    Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son
    and Samuel his son.⚓
  ²⁸The sons of Samuel:
    Joel⚓ the firstborn
    and Abijah the second son.
  ²⁹The descendants of Merari:
    Mahli, Libni his son,
    Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
    ³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son
    and Asaiah his son.
 ³¹These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. ³²They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.
 ³³Here are the men who served, together with their sons:
  From the Kohathites:
    Heman, the musician,
    the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
    ³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
    the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
    ³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,
    the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
    ³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,
    the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
    ³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir,
    the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
    ³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
    the son of Levi, the son of Israel;
  ³⁹and Heman’s associate Asaph, who served at his right hand:
    Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,
    ⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,⚓
    the son of Malkijah, ⁴¹the son of Ethni,
    the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
    ⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,
    the son of Shimei, ⁴³the son of Jahath,
    the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;
  ⁴⁴and from their associates, the Merarites, at his left hand:
    Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,
    the son of Malluk, ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah,
    the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
    ⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,
    the son of Shemer, ⁴⁷the son of Mahli,
    the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,
    the son of Levi.
 ⁴⁸Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
  ⁵⁰These were the descendants of Aaron:
    Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
    Abishua his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son,
    Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
    ⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,
    Ahitub his son, ⁵³Zadok his son
    and Ahimaaz his son.
 ⁵⁴These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):
 ⁵⁵They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. ⁵⁶But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
 ⁵⁷So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,⚓ Jattir, Eshtemoa, ⁵⁸Hilen, Debir, ⁵⁹Ashan, Juttah⚓ and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,⚓ Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands.
 The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.
 ⁶¹The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.
 ⁶²The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.
 ⁶³The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
 ⁶⁴So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and their pasturelands. ⁶⁵From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.
 ⁶⁶Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
 ⁶⁷In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,⚓ ⁶⁸Jokmeam, Beth Horon, ⁶⁹Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands.
 ⁷⁰And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
 ⁷¹The Gershonites received the following:
  From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh
    they received Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;
  ⁷²from the tribe of Issachar
    they received Kedesh, Daberath, ⁷³Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;
  ⁷⁴from the tribe of Asher
    they received Mashal, Abdon, ⁷⁵Hukok and Rehob, together with their pasturelands;
  ⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naphtali
    they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
 ⁷⁷The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:
  From the tribe of Zebulun
    they received Jokneam, Kartah,⚓ Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;
  ⁷⁸from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho
    they received Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, ⁷⁹Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;
  ⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad
    they received Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, ⁸¹Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.

 ¹利未的後裔：革順、哥轄和米拉利。 ²哥轄的兒子是暗蘭、以斯哈、希伯倫和烏薛。 ³暗蘭的兒女是亞倫、摩西和米利暗。亞倫的兒子是拿答、亞比戶、以利亞撒和以他瑪。 ⁴以利亞撒生非尼哈；非尼哈生亞比書； ⁵亞比書生布基；布基生烏西； ⁶烏西生西拉希雅；西拉希雅生米拉約； ⁷米拉約生亞瑪利雅；亞瑪利雅生亞希突； ⁸亞希突生撒督；撒督生亞希瑪斯； ⁹亞希瑪斯生亞撒利雅；亞撒利雅生約哈難； ¹⁰約哈難生亞撒利雅，亞撒利雅在所羅門建造的耶路撒冷殿中擔任祭司的職分； ¹¹亞撒利雅生亞瑪利雅；亞瑪利雅生亞希突； ¹²亞希突生撒督；撒督生沙龍； ¹³沙龍生希勒家；希勒家生亞撒利雅； ¹⁴亞撒利雅生西萊雅；西萊雅生約薩答。 ¹⁵當耶和華藉尼布甲尼撒的手擄掠猶大和耶路撒冷的時候，約薩答也被擄去。
 ¹⁶利未的後裔：革順、哥轄和米拉利。 ¹⁷革順的兒子名叫立尼和示每。 ¹⁸哥轄的兒子是暗蘭、以斯哈、希伯倫和烏薛。 ¹⁹米拉利的兒子是抹利和母示。這是按着父系所分利未人的宗族。 ²⁰屬革順的：他的兒子立尼，他的兒子雅哈，他的兒子薪瑪， ²¹他的兒子約亞，他的兒子易多，他的兒子謝拉，他的兒子耶特賴。 ²²哥轄的後裔：他的兒子亞米拿達，他的兒子可拉，他的兒子亞惜， ²³他的兒子以利加拿，他的兒子以比雅撒，他的兒子亞惜， ²⁴他的兒子他哈，他的兒子烏列，他的兒子烏西雅，他的兒子少羅。 ²⁵以利加拿的兒子是亞瑪賽、亞希摩、 ²⁶以利加拿。以利加拿的後裔：他的兒子瑣菲⚓，他的兒子拿哈， ²⁷他的兒子以利押，他的兒子耶羅罕，他的兒子以利加拿，他的兒子撒母耳。 ²⁸撒母耳的兒子是長子約珥和次子亞比亞⚓。 ²⁹米拉利的後裔：抹利，他的兒子立尼，他的兒子示每，他的兒子烏撒， ³⁰他的兒子示米亞，他的兒子哈基雅，他的兒子亞帥雅。
 ³¹這些是約櫃安設之後，大衛派在耶和華殿中管理歌唱事奉的人。 ³²他們在會幕前負責歌唱的事奉，及至所羅門在耶路撒冷建造了耶和華的殿，他們就按着班次供職。 ³³供職的人和他們的子孫如下：
 哥轄的子孫中有歌唱的希幔；希幔是約珥的兒子，約珥是撒母耳的兒子， ³⁴撒母耳是以利加拿的兒子，以利加拿是耶羅罕的兒子，耶羅罕是以利業的兒子，以利業是陀亞的兒子， ³⁵陀亞是蘇弗的兒子，蘇弗是以利加拿的兒子，以利加拿是瑪哈的兒子，瑪哈是亞瑪賽的兒子， ³⁶亞瑪賽是以利加拿的兒子，以利加拿是約珥的兒子，約珥是亞撒利雅的兒子，亞撒利雅是西番雅的兒子， ³⁷西番雅是他哈的兒子，他哈是亞惜的兒子，亞惜是以比雅撒的兒子，以比雅撒是可拉的兒子， ³⁸可拉是以斯哈的兒子，以斯哈是哥轄的兒子，哥轄是利未的兒子，利未是以色列的兒子。 ³⁹希幔的弟兄亞薩在希幔的右邊供職；亞薩是比利家的兒子，比利家是示米亞的兒子， ⁴⁰示米亞是米迦勒的兒子，米迦勒是巴西雅的兒子，巴西雅是瑪基雅的兒子， ⁴¹瑪基雅是伊特尼的兒子，伊特尼是謝拉的兒子，謝拉是亞大雅的兒子， ⁴²亞大雅是以探的兒子，以探是薪瑪的兒子，薪瑪是示每的兒子， ⁴³示每是雅哈的兒子，雅哈是革順的兒子，革順是利未的兒子。 ⁴⁴他們的弟兄米拉利的子孫，在他們左邊供職的有以探；以探是基示的兒子，基示是亞伯底的兒子，亞伯底是瑪鹿的兒子， ⁴⁵瑪鹿是哈沙比雅的兒子，哈沙比雅是亞瑪謝的兒子，亞瑪謝是希勒家的兒子， ⁴⁶希勒家是暗西的兒子，暗西是巴尼的兒子，巴尼是沙麥的兒子， ⁴⁷沙麥是末力的兒子，末力是母示的兒子，母示是米拉利的兒子，米拉利是利未的兒子。 ⁴⁸他們的弟兄利未人也被派辦理上帝殿中帳幕的一切事務。
 ⁴⁹亞倫和他的子孫在燔祭壇和香壇上獻祭燒香，辦理至聖所一切的事，為以色列贖罪，正如上帝僕人摩西所吩咐的一切。 ⁵⁰亞倫的後裔如下：他的兒子以利亞撒，他的兒子非尼哈，他的兒子亞比書， ⁵¹他的兒子布基，他的兒子烏西，他的兒子西拉希雅， ⁵²他的兒子米拉約，他的兒子亞瑪利雅，他的兒子亞希突， ⁵³他的兒子撒督，他的兒子亞希瑪斯。
 ⁵⁴他們的住處按着境內的營寨如下：亞倫的子孫哥轄族先抽籤得地， ⁵⁵得了猶大地的希伯崙和四圍的郊野； ⁵⁶只是這城的田地和所屬的村莊都為耶孚尼的兒子迦勒所得。 ⁵⁷亞倫的子孫所得逃城如下：希伯崙、立拿與其郊野、雅提珥、以實提莫與其郊野、 ⁵⁸希崙⚓與其郊野、底璧與其郊野、 ⁵⁹亞珊與其郊野、伯‧示麥與其郊野。 ⁶⁰他們也從便雅憫支派中得了迦巴與其郊野、阿勒篾與其郊野、亞拿突與其郊野。他們宗族所得的城共十三座。
 ⁶¹哥轄族其餘的人抽籤，按支派的宗族，從半個支派，就是瑪拿西半支派中得了十座城。 ⁶²革順族按着宗族，從以薩迦支派、亞設支派、拿弗他利支派、巴珊內的瑪拿西支派中，得了十三座城。 ⁶³米拉利族按着宗族抽籤，從呂便支派、迦得支派、西布倫支派中，得了十二座城。 ⁶⁴以色列人把這些城與其郊野給了利未人。 ⁶⁵以色列人用抽籤的方式，從猶大人、西緬人、便雅憫人三支派中，把以上提到名字的城給了他們。
 ⁶⁶哥轄子孫中有幾個宗族從以法蓮支派中也得了城鎮作為他們的區域。 ⁶⁷他們在以法蓮山區所得的逃城：示劍與其郊野、基色與其郊野、 ⁶⁸約緬與其郊野、伯‧和崙與其郊野、 ⁶⁹亞雅崙與其郊野、迦特‧臨門與其郊野。 ⁷⁰哥轄其餘的子孫從瑪拿西半支派中得了亞乃與其郊野、比連與其郊野。
 ⁷¹革順子孫從瑪拿西半支派中得了巴珊的哥蘭與其郊野、亞斯她錄與其郊野； ⁷²從以薩迦支派中得了基低斯與其郊野、大比拉與其郊野、 ⁷³拉末與其郊野、亞年與其郊野； ⁷⁴從亞設支派中得了瑪沙與其郊野、押頓與其郊野、 ⁷⁵戶割與其郊野、利合與其郊野； ⁷⁶從拿弗他利支派中得了加利利的基低斯與其郊野、哈們與其郊野、基列亭與其郊野。 ⁷⁷米拉利其餘的子孫從西布倫支派中得了臨摩挪⚓與其郊野、他泊與其郊野； ⁷⁸又在耶利哥的約旦河東，從呂便支派中得了曠野的比悉與其郊野、雅雜與其郊野， ⁷⁹基底莫與其郊野、米法押與其郊野； ⁸⁰又從迦得支派中得了基列的拉末與其郊野、瑪哈念與其郊野、 ⁸¹希實本與其郊野、雅謝與其郊野。