1Chronicles:6:31-81
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And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD ,
after that the ark had rest .
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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 .
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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 ,
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The son of Elkanah ,
the son of Jeroham ,
the son of Eliel ,
the son of Toah ,
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The son of Zuph ,
the son of Elkanah ,
the son of Mahath ,
the son of Amasai ,
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The son of Elkanah ,
the son of Joel ,
the son of Azariah ,
the son of Zephaniah ,
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The son of Tahath ,
the son of Assir ,
the son of Ebiasaph ,
the son of Korah ,
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The son of Izhar ,
the son of Kohath ,
the son of Levi ,
the son of Israel .
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And his brother Asaph ,
who stood on his right hand ,
even Asaph the son of Berachiah ,
the son of Shimea ,
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The son of Michael ,
the son of Baaseiah ,
the son of Malchiah ,
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The son of Ethni ,
the son of Zerah ,
the son of Adaiah ,
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The son of Ethan ,
the son of Zimmah ,
the son of Shimei ,
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The son of Jahath ,
the son of Gershom ,
the son of Levi .
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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 ,
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The son of Hashabiah ,
the son of Amaziah ,
the son of Hilkiah ,
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The son of Amzi ,
the son of Bani ,
the son of Shamer ,
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The son of Mahli ,
the son of Mushi ,
the son of Merari ,
the son of Levi .
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Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God .
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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 .
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And these are the sons of Aaron ;
Eleazar his son ,
Phinehas his son ,
Abishua his son ,
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Bukki his son ,
Uzzi his son ,
Zerahiah his son ,
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Meraioth his son ,
Amariah his son ,
Ahitub his son ,
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Zadok his son ,
Ahimaaz his son .
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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 .
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And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah ,
and the suburbs thereof round about it .
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But the fields of the city ,
and the villages thereof ,
they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh .
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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 ,
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And Hilen with her suburbs ,
Debir with her suburbs ,
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And Ashan with her suburbs ,
and Bethshemesh with her suburbs :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs .
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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 .
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And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim .
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And they gave unto them ,
of the cities of refuge ,
Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs ;
they gave also Gezer with her suburbs ,
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And Jokmeam with her suburbs ,
and Bethhoron with her suburbs ,
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And Aijalon with her suburbs ,
and Gathrimmon with her suburbs :
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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 .
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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 :
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And out of the tribe of Issachar ;
Kedesh with her suburbs ,
Daberath with her suburbs ,
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And Ramoth with her suburbs ,
and Anem with her suburbs :
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And out of the tribe of Asher ;
Mashal with her suburbs ,
and Abdon with her suburbs ,
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And Hukok with her suburbs ,
and Rehob with her suburbs :
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And out of the tribe of Naphtali ;
Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs ,
and Hammon with her suburbs ,
and Kirjathaim with her suburbs .
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Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun ,
Rimmon with her suburbs ,
Tabor with her suburbs :
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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 ,
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Kedemoth also with her suburbs ,
and Mephaath with her suburbs :
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And out of the tribe of Gad ;
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs ,
and Mahanaim with her suburbs ,
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And Heshbon with her suburbs ,
and Jazer with her suburbs .