1 Chronicles 6:39-66

39Heman worked with his relative, Asaph. Asaph was Heman's helper. He was Berekiah's son. Berekiah was Shimea's son.

40Shimea was Michael's son. Michael was Baaseiah's son. Baaseiah was Malkijah's son.

41Malkijah was Ethni's son. Ethni was Zerah's son. Zerah was Adaiah's son.

42Adaiah was Ethan's son. Ethan was Zimmah's son. Zimmah was Shimei's son.

43Shimei was Jahath's son. Jahath was Gershon's son. Gershon was Levi's son.

44Other relatives of Heman and Asaph worked with them. They belonged to Merari's clan and they stood on the left side. Kishi's son Ethan led this group. Kishi was Abdi's son. Abdi was Malluch's son.

45Malluch was Hashabiah's son. Hashabiah was Amaziah's son. Amaziah was Hilkiah's son.

46Hilkiah was Amzi's son. Amzi was Bani's son. Bani was Shemer's son.

47Shemer was Mahli's son. Mahli was Mushi's son. Mushi was Merari's son. Merari was Levi's son.

48All the other Levites also had jobs to do in God's special tent.

49Only Aaron and his descendants served God as priests. They offered sacrifices to God on the altar for burnt offerings. They also burned sweet oils on the altar for incense. That was their work in the Most Holy Place. They made sacrifices so that God would forgive the sins of the Israelites. They did all this in the way that God's servant Moses had commanded.

50These were Aaron's descendants: Eleazar was Aaron's son. Phinehas was Eleazar's son. Abishua was Phinehas's son.

51Bukki was Abishua's son. Uzzi was Bukki's son. Zerahiah was Uzzi's son.

52Meraioth was Zerahiah's son. Amariah was Meraioth's son. Ahitub was Amariah's son.

53Zadok was Ahitub's son. Ahimaaz was Zadok's son.

54Aaron's descendants belonged to the clan of Levi's son, Kohath. When the leaders used lots to divide the land, Kohath's clan received the first part of the land. These places belonged to them:

55They had Hebron city in Judah's land. They had the fields around the city.

56But Jephunneh's son, Caleb, had the villages around the city, with their fields.

57Aaron's descendants received these towns with the fields around them: Hebron (a safe city), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

58Hilen, Debir,

59Ashan, Juttah and Beth-Shemesh.

60They also received some towns in land that belonged to Benjamin's tribe. They received these towns with the fields around them: Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth. So there were 13 towns for Aaron's descendants to live in.

61The other people who were Kohath's descendants received ten towns in land that belonged to the half tribe of Manasseh. They used lots to choose the towns.

62Gershon's descendants received 13 towns. The lots showed which towns they would receive. Their towns were in land that belonged to the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, as well as in Manasseh's land in the region of Bashan, on the east side of the Jordan River.

63Merari's descendants received 12 towns. The lots showed which towns they would receive. Their towns were in land that belonged to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

64So the Israelites gave those towns and the fields around them to the Levites.

65They used lots to choose these towns, including the towns in land that belonged to the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin.

66Descendants of Kohath received towns in land that belonged to Ephraim's tribe. They received these towns with the fields around them: