1Chronicles:6:31-81
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Now these are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of Jehovah ,
after the ark was in its resting place .
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They were serving with song before the dwelling place of the tent of meeting ,
until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem ,
and they attended to their service according to the ordinance .
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And these are the ones who attended with their sons ;
of the sons of the Kohathites :
Heman the singer ,
the son of Joel ,
the son of Samuel ,
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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 at his right hand :
Asaph the son of Berachiah ,
the son of Shimea ,
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the son of Michael ,
the son of Baaseiah ,
the son of Malchijah ,
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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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Their brethren ,
the sons of Merari ,
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 Shemer ,
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the son of Mahli ,
the son of Mushi ,
the son of Merari ,
the son of Levi .
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And their brethren ,
the Levites ,
were appointed to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God .
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But Aaron and his sons were offering sacrifices with smoke upon the altar of burnt offering and upon the altar of incense ,
all the service of the Holy of Holies ,
to make atonement for Israel ,
according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded .
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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 ,
and Ahimaaz his son .
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These were their dwelling places throughout their encampments in their territory ,
for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron ,
of the family of the Kohathites :
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They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah ,
with its surrounding common lands .
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But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh .
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And to the sons of Aaron they gave cities of refuge :
Hebron ,
also Libnah with its common lands ,
Jattir ,
Eshtemoa with its common lands ,
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Hilen with its common lands ,
Debir with its common lands ,
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Ashan with its common lands ,
and Beth Shemesh with its common lands .
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And from the tribe of Benjamin :
Geba with its common lands ,
Alemeth with its common lands ,
and Anathoth with its common lands .
All their cities among their families ;
thirteen .
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To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from the half-tribe of Manasseh .
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And to the sons of Gershon ,
throughout their families ,
they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar ,
from the tribe of Asher ,
from the tribe of Naphtali ,
and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan .
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To the sons of Merari ,
throughout their families ,
they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben ,
from the tribe of Gad ,
and from the tribe of Zebulun .
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The sons of Israel gave these cities with their common lands to the Levites .
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And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah ,
from the tribe of the children of Simeon ,
and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names .
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And some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim .
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And they gave them cities of refuge :
Shechem with its common lands in the mountains of Ephraim ,
Gezer with its common lands ,
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Jokmeam with its common lands ,
Beth Horon with its common lands ,
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Aijalon with its common lands ,
and Gath Rimmon with its common lands .
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And from the half-tribe of Manasseh :
Aner with its common lands and Bileam with its common lands ,
for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath .
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To the sons of Gershon from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh :
Golan in Bashan with its common lands and Ashtaroth with its common lands .
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And from the tribe of Issachar :
Kedesh with its common lands ,
Daberath with its common lands ,
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Ramoth with its common lands ,
and Anem with its common lands .
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And from the tribe of Asher :
Mashal with its common lands ,
Abdon with its common lands ,
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Hukok with its common lands ,
and Rehob with its common lands .
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And from the tribe of Naphtali :
Kedesh in Galilee with its common lands ,
Hammon with its common lands ,
and Kirjathaim with its common lands .
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To the rest of the sons of Merari from the tribe of Zebulun :
Rimmon with its common lands and Tabor with its common lands .
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And on the other side of the Jordan ,
across from Jericho ,
on the east side of the Jordan ,
from the tribe of Reuben :
Bezer in the wilderness with its common lands ,
Jahzah with its common lands ,
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Kedemoth with its common lands ,
and Mephaath with its common lands .
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And from the tribe of Gad :
Ramoth in Gilead with its common lands ,
Mahanaim with its common lands ,
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Heshbon with its common lands ,
and Jazer with its common lands .
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