The Descendants of Levi
The sons of Levi: Exo 6:16Gen 46:11Num 26:571Ch 23:61Ch 6:161Ch 6:20Num 3:17
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Kohath: Exo 6:181Ch 23:12Exo 6:21-24
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
The children of Amram: Exo 6:20Lev 10:1Exo 15:20Lev 10:121Ch 23:131Ch 24:1-6Exo 2:4Exo 2:7
Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron:
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, 1Ch 6:50Exo 6:25Ezr 7:1-51Ch 6:4-61Ch 9:20Ezr 8:2Jdg 20:28Jos 22:13
Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
Abishua was the father of Bukki,
Bukki was the father of Uzzi,
Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah,
Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,
Meraioth was the father of Amariah,
Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, 2Sa 15:272Sa 8:171Ki 1:341Ki 1:441Ki 2:351Ki 1:82Sa 15:35-362Sa 17:15
Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,
Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah,
Azariah was the father of Johanan,
Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem, 1Ki 6:1-72Ch 3:12Ch 3:42Ch 26:17-20
Azariah was the father of Amariah, Ezr 7:3
Amariah was the father of Ahitub,
Ahitub was the father of Zadok, Neh 11:111Ch 9:11
Zadok was the father of Shallum,
Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, 2Ch 35:82Ki 22:12-142Ki 22:42Ch 34:14-20
Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,
Azariah was the father of Seraiah, 2Ki 25:18Neh 11:11Ezr 7:1Zec 6:11
and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. 1
Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 2Ki 25:18Hag 1:1Hag 2:22Ki 25:21Hag 1:142Ch 36:17-212Ki 14:27Act 14:27
The sons of Levi: Exo 6:161Ch 6:1
Gershom, 2 Kohath, and Merari.
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: 1Ch 23:7Exo 6:17Num 3:18Num 3:21
Libni and Shimei.
The sons of Kohath: 1Ch 23:121Ch 6:2-3
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
The sons of Merari: 1Ch 23:211Ch 24:26Exo 6:19Num 26:57-58Num 3:20
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
Of Gershom: 1Ch 6:43
Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
The descendants of Kohath: Exo 6:241Ch 6:181Ch 6:2Exo 6:21
Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph 3his son, Assir his son, Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
The descendants of Elkanah: Exo 6:241Ch 6:35-36
Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkanah his son, 4 Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 1Sa 1:11Ch 6:35 Eliab 5his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. 6 1Sa 1:11Sa 1:19-20
The sons of Samuel: 1Ch 6:331Sa 8:2
Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son. 7
The descendants of Merari: 1Ch 6:19Num 3:33
Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
The Temple Musicians
These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. 2Sa 6:171Ch 15:16-221Ch 15:251Ch 16:4-6Psa 132:14Psa 132:81Ch 25:1-31 They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them. Psa 135:1-31Ch 16:37-421Ch 16:4-61Ch 25:7-311Ch 6:101Ch 9:331Ki 8:6-132Ch 29:25-30 These are the men who served, together with their sons. 1Ch 6:281Ch 15:171Ch 15:191Ch 16:41-421Ch 25:1-51Sa 1:201Sa 1:282Ch 29:14
From the Kohathites:
Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, 8 the son of Toah, the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, Exo 6:21-24Num 16:1-35Num 26:10-11Psa 42:1Psa 44:1Psa 45:1Psa 49:1Psa 84:1 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 1Ch 16:1Num 3:19
Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Ezr 2:41Neh 7:442Ch 29:132Ch 5:12Neh 11:17Neh 12:46Psa 73:1Psa 75:1
Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, 9 the son of Malchijah, the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 1Ch 23:61Ch 6:11Ch 6:16-171Ch 6:20Exo 2:22Exo 6:16Gen 46:11Num 3:17
On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: 1Ch 15:171Ch 25:11Ch 25:31Ch 25:6Psa 89:1
Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 1Ch 23:211Ch 23:28Exo 6:19Jos 21:34-40Jos 21:7Num 10:17Num 3:20Num 3:33-36
The Descendants of Aaron
Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God. Num 18:1-321Ch 23:21Ch 25:1-26Num 16:9-10Num 3:1-4Num 8:5-26 But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. 10 They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. Lev 4:20Exo 27:1-8Exo 30:1-7Exo 30:10-16Exo 29:33Heb 7:11-14Job 33:24Deu 18:1-8
These were the descendants of Aaron: 1Ch 24:11Ch 6:3-91Ch 9:20Exo 28:1Exo 6:23Ezr 7:1-5Ezr 8:33Lev 10:16
Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son. 2Sa 8:171Ch 12:281Ch 23:161Ch 24:31Ch 24:311Ch 6:81Ki 1:261Ki 1:34
Territories for the Levites
(Numbers 35:1–8; Joshua 21:1–45)
Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them: Gen 25:16Jos 21:10Jos 21:3-8Num 31:10Num 35:1-8
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands. Jos 14:13Jdg 1:20Jos 15:13Jos 21:11-13 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. Jos 15:13Jos 14:13 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, 11 Jattir, Eshtemoa, Jos 15:48Jos 21:13-141Ch 4:17Jos 10:29Jos 15:42Jos 20:7-9Jos 21:19Num 35:13-15 Hilen, 12 Debir, Jos 10:3Jos 10:38Jos 12:13Jos 15:49Jos 15:51Jos 21:15 Ashan, 13 Juttah, 14and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands. Jos 21:16Jos 15:421Ch 4:321Sa 6:12-19Jer 43:13Jos 15:10
And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, 15Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families. Jer 1:11Ch 8:61Ki 2:261Sa 13:3Isa 10:30Jer 11:23Jer 37:12Jos 18:24
To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh. 1Ch 6:1-21Ch 6:181Ch 6:331Ch 6:66-70Jos 21:20-26Jos 21:4-5
The Gershomites 16, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan. 1Ch 6:71-76Exo 2:22Jos 21:27-33
The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. Jos 21:7Jos 21:34-401Ch 6:77-81Gen 46:11Num 3:20
So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands. Jos 21:41-42Jos 21:3Num 35:1-8 They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 1Ch 6:57-60
And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory: Jos 21:20-26
They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) 17 with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer, Jos 21:211Ki 9:16Gen 33:18Gen 35:4Jos 12:12Jos 16:10Jos 16:3Jos 20:7 Jokmeam, Beth-horon, 1Ki 4:121Sa 13:18Jos 10:11Jos 16:5Jos 21:22 Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands. Jos 10:12Jos 21:24-25
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the remaining clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands. Jos 17:11Jos 21:25
The Gershomites received the following: Jos 21:27Jos 20:8Jos 9:10Deu 1:4Deu 4:43
From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.
From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath, Jdg 4:9Jos 19:37Jos 21:28-29Jos 21:32 Ramoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands.
From the tribe of Asher they were given Mashal, Abdon, Jos 19:26Jos 21:30 Hukok, and Rehob, together with their pasturelands. Jos 21:31
And from the tribe of Naphtali they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands. Jos 21:32Jdg 4:6Jos 12:22Jos 19:37Jos 20:7
The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: Jos 21:34-35
From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, 18 together with their pasturelands.
From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, 19 Jos 20:8Deu 4:41-43Jos 21:36-37 Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands.
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, Gen 32:22Ki 9:11Ch 6:731Ki 22:3-282Sa 17:242Sa 17:272Sa 19:32Jos 21:38-39 Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands. Jos 21:39Deu 2:24Jos 13:25-26Neh 9:22Num 21:25Num 21:32Num 32:1Num 32:3