The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

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.

And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

And these are the sons of Aaron: 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, Ahimaaz his son.

Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,

to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land round about it;

but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with the open land about it, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;

and Hilen with the open land about it, Debir with the open land about it;

and Ashan with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it;

and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with the open land about it, and Alemeth with the open land about it, and Anathoth with the open land about it. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

And to the sons of Gershom, according to 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.

Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

So the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with the open land about them.

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 mentioned by name.

And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And they gave unto them the city of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with the open land about it; Gezer also with the open land about it;

and Jokmeam with the open land about it, and Bethhoron with the open land about it;

and Aijalon with the open land about it, and Gath-rimmon with the open land about it;

and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with the open land about it, and Bileam with the open land about it, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, and Ashtaroth with the open land about it;

and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with the open land about it, Dobrath with the open land about it;

and Ramoth with the open land about it, and Anem with the open land about it;

and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the open land about it, and Abdon with the open land about it;

and Hukok with the open land about it; and Rehob with the open land about it;

and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, and Hammon with the open land about it, and Kiriathaim with the open land about it.

Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with the open land about it, Tabor with the open land about it;

and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it,

and Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath with the open land about it;

and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with the open land about it, and Mahanaim with the open land about it,

and Heshbon with the open land about it, and Jazer with the open land about it.

And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour according to their generations, even of Tola; their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah; and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.

And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valour; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.

And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

All these were sons of Jediael, even heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.

Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the son of another.

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his wife bore — his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead;

and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah — and the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ish-hod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah — and Bered was his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,

and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son — and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son;

Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son;

Nun his son, Joshua his son.

And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Aiah and the towns thereof;

and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and the towns thereof, Taanach and the towns thereof, Megiddo and the towns thereof, Dor and the towns thereof. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Asvath. These are the children of Japhlet.

And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram.

And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shaul, and Beri, and Imrah;

Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilsha, and Ithran, and Beera.

And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.

And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.

All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

And Benjamin begot Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third;

Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

And Bela had sons, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud;

and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah;

and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

And these are the sons of Ehud — these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried captive to Manahath;

and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, were they that carried them captive — and he begot Uzza, and Ahihud.

And Shaharaim begot children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away, to wit, Hushim and Baara his wives;

he begot of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam;

and Jeuz, and Sachiah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.

and of Hushim he begot Abitub, and Elpaal.

And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof;

and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath.

And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth;

and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder;

and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, were the sons of Beriah.

And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber;

and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, were the sons of Elpaal.

And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi;

and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel;

and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, were the sons of Shimei.

And Ishpan, and Ebed, and Eliel;

and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan;

and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothiah;