# 1 Chronicles 6

> Lumin Translation

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Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2. Kohath's sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3. Amram's children: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4. Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua.
5. Abishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi.
6. Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth.
7. Meraioth fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub.
8. Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz.
9. Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, and Azariah fathered Johanan.
10. Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
11. Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub.
12. Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum.
13. Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah.
14. Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.
15. Jehozadak went into exile when Yahweh exiled Judah and Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar's hand.
16. Levi's sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17. These are the names of Gershom's sons: Libni and Shimei.
18. Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19. Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
20. Libni son of Gershom, Jahath son of Libni, Zimmah son of Jahath.
21. Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
22. Kohath's sons: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son.
23. Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son.
24. Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
25. Elkanah's sons were Amasai and Ahimoth.
26. Elkanah his son, Elkanah's sons: Zophai his son and Nahath his son.
27. Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28. The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.
29. Merari's sons: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son.
30. Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31. These are the ones whom David appointed over the music in the house of Yahweh after the ark had rested.
32. They served before the dwelling of the tent of meeting with song until Solomon built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, and they stood according to their charge over their service.
33. These are those who stood with their sons, from the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel.
34. son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah
35. son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai
36. son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah
37. son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah
38. son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.
39. And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea.
40. the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah
41. son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah
42. son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei
43. son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
44. On the left, their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch.
45. son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah
46. son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer
47. son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
48. Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49. Aaron and his sons burned incense on the burnt offering altar and on the incense altar for all the service of the most holy place and to atone for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50. These are Aaron's sons: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son.
51. Bukki, his son, Uzzi, his son, Zerahiah, his son.
52. Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son.
53. Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54. These are their dwelling places according to their encampments within their borders for the sons of Aaron, of the Kohathite families, for the lot was theirs.
55. They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasturelands all around it.
56. They gave the city's fields and its villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
57. To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its pasturelands.
58. and Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
59. and Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands
60. And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands—all their cities among their clans, thirteen cities.
61. To the remaining sons of Kohath were given by lot ten cities from the family of the tribe, from Manasseh's half-tribe.
62. To the sons of Gershom by their families, from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63. The sons of Merari received twelve cities by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
64. The sons of Israel gave the Levites the cities and their pasturelands.
65. They allotted by lot from the tribe of Judah's sons, from the tribe of Simeon's sons, and from the tribe of Benjamin's sons these cities, which are called by name.
66. Families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders from the tribe of Ephraim.
67. They gave them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its pasturelands.
68. and Jokmeam with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands,
69. and Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands.
70. From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, Bileam and its pasturelands, for the family of the remaining sons of Kohath.
71. To the sons of Gershom from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.
72. And from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands.
73. and Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands.
74. and from the tribe of Asher, Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands.
75. and Hukkok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands
76. and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.
77. To the rest of Merari's sons, from the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands.
78. and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, and Jahzah with its pasturelands.
79. and Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.
80. And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, and Mahanaim with its pasturelands.
81. Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.

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