1The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.6.1 Gershon: or, Gershom 2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4¶ Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 5And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)6.10 in the temple: Heb. in the house 11And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,6.12 Shallum: or, Meshullam 13And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16¶ The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.6.16 Gershom: or, Gershon 17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 18And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. 20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.6.21 Joah: or, Ethan6.21 Iddo: or, Adaiah6.21 Jeaterai: also called, Ethni 22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,6.22 Amminadab: or, Izhar 23Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. 26As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,6.26 Zophai: or, Zuph 27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.6.28 Vashni: called also Joel 29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. 32And 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. 33And 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,6.33 waited: Heb. stood 34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,6.44 Kishi: or, Kushaiah 45The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49¶ 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. 50And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54¶ 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. 55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57And 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, 58And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,6.58 Hilen: or, Holon 59And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:6.59 Ashan: or, Ain 60And 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.6.60 Alemeth: or, Almon 61And 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. 62And 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. 63Unto 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. 64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 65And 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. 66And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, 68And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, 69And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70And 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. 71Unto 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: 72And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 73And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 74And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 76And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 77Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 78And 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, 79Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 80And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 81And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
De nakomelingen van Levi
1Hier volgen de namen van de zonen van Levi: Gersom, Kehat en Merari. 2Kehats zonen waren Amram, Jishar, Hebron en Uzziël. 3Amrams kinderen waren Aäron, Mozes en Mirjam. Aärons zonen waren Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar en Itamar. 4-10De oudste zonen van de elkaar opvolgende generaties van Aäron waren: Eleazar, de vader van Pinechas, de vader van Abisua, de vader van Bukki, de vader van Uzzi, de vader van Zerahja, de vader van Merajoth, de vader van Amarja, de vader van Ahitub, de vader van Zadok, de vader van Ahimaäz, de vader van Azarja, de vader van Johanan, de vader van Azarja, die hogepriester was van de tempel in Jeruzalem, die door Salomo was gebouwd.
11-15Deze Azarja was de vader van Amarja, de vader van Ahitub, de vader van Zadok, de vader van Sallum, de vader van Hilkia, de vader van Azarja, de vader van Seraja, de vader van Jozadak.
Jozadak werd balling, toen de Here het volk van Juda en Jeruzalem gevangen liet nemen door Nebukadnezar.
16Zoals hierboven aangegeven, waren Gersom, Kehat en Merari de zonen van Levi. 17De zonen van Gersom waren Libni en Simi. 18De zonen van Kehat waren Amram, Jishar, Hebron en Uzziël.
19-21De zonen van Merari waren Machli en Musi. De families van de Levieten waren als volgt naar hun gezinshoofden verdeeld: in de familie van Gersom: Libni, Jahath, Zimma, Joah, Iddo, Zarah en Jeathrai. 22-24In de familie van Kehat: Amminadab, Korach, Assir, Elkana, Ebjasaf, Assir, Tachat, Uriël, Uzzia en Saul. 25-27Het gezin van Elkana was verder verdeeld in de volgende gezinnen van zijn zonen Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkana, Zofai, Nachat, Eliab, Jeroham en Elkana. 28De gezinnen van de familie van Samuël werden geleid door Samuëls zonen: Joël, de oudste, en Abia, de tweede zoon. 29-30 De gezinnen van de familie van Merari werden geleid door zijn zonen Machli, Libni, Simi, Uzza, Simea, Haggia en Asaja.
31Koning David wees deze mannen als koorleiders aan en liet koren vormen om God in de tabernakel te prijzen, nadat hij daar de ark een plaats had gegeven. 32Totdat Salomo de tempel in Jeruzalem had gebouwd, gingen zij daar door met het leiden van de samenzang.
33-38Hier volgen de namen van de nakomelingen van de koorleiders: de zanger Heman kwam uit de familie van Kehat en zijn geslachtsregister ging terug via de volgende personen: Joël, Samuël, Elkana, Jeroham, Eliël, Toah, Suf, Elkana, Mahath, Amassai, Elkana, Joël, Azarja, Zefanja, Tachat, Assir, Ebjasaf, Korach, Jishar, Kehat, Levi en Israël. 39-43Hemans helper was Asaf, wiens stamboom terugging via Berechja, Simea, Michaël, Baëseja, Malkia, Ethni, Zerach, Adaja, Ethan, Zimma, Simi, Jahath, Gersom en Levi. 44-47Hemans tweede helper was Ethan, een lid van de familie van Merari, die aan zijn linkerhand stond. Ethans stamboom liep terug via Kisi, Abdi, Malluch, Hasabja, Amazia, Hilkia, Amzi, Bani, Semer, Machli, Musi, Merari en Levi.
48Hun familieleden, alle andere Levieten, waren belast met allerlei andere taken in de tabernakel. 49Maar alleen Aäron en zijn nakomelingen waren priesters. Tot hun taken behoorde het offeren van brandoffers en reukwerk, alle werkzaamheden die te maken hadden met het binnenste heiligdom, het Heilige der Heiligen, voor de verzoening van Israël met de Here. Zij zorgden ervoor dat alle aanwijzingen die Gods dienaar Mozes had gegeven, werden opgevolgd.
50-53De nakomelingen van Aäron waren Eleazar, Pinechas, Abisua, Bukki, Uzzi, Zerahja, Merajoth, Amarja, Ahitub, Zadok en Ahimaäz. 54Door middel van het lot werden aan de nakomelingen van Aäron die deel uitmaakten van de familie van Kehat, 55de vrijstad Hebron in Juda met de weidegronden er omheen toegewezen. 56-57 Maar de velden en omringende dorpen werden aan Kaleb, de zoon van Jefunne, gegeven. 58-59 De nakomelingen van Aäron kregen ook de volgende steden met weidegronden er omheen: Libna, Jattir, Estemoa, Hilen, Debir, Asan en Bet-Semes. 60Dertien andere steden met het omringende grasland, inclusief Geba, Alemeth en Anathoth, werden door de stam van Benjamin aan de priesters toegewezen. 61Daarna werd er geloot om de verdeling van het land van de overgebleven nakomelingen van de familie van Kehat te regelen en zij kregen tien steden in het gebied van de stam van Manasse.
62De gezinnen van de familie van Gersom kregen door middel van het lot dertien steden in het gebied van Basan van de stammen Issachar, Aser, Naftali en Manasse. 63De gezinnen van de Merari-familie kregen op diezelfde manier twaalf steden van de stammen Ruben, Gad en Zebulon. 64-65 Ook de stammen Juda, Simeon en Benjamin stelden op deze manier door middel van het lot steden beschikbaar aan de Levieten. De namen van deze steden werden daarbij hardop genoemd.
66-69De stam van Efraïm gaf de volgende vrijsteden met het omringende grasland aan de overgebleven gezinnen van de Kehat-familie: Sichem, de vrijstad in het gebergte Efraïm, Gezer, Jokmeam, Bet-Horon, Ajalon en Gath-Rimmon. 70De volgende vrijsteden met het omringende grasland kwamen in handen van de gezinnen van de Kehatieten uit het bezit van de stam van Manasse: Aner en Bileam.
71De vrijsteden met het omringende grasland die de stam van Manasse aan de gezinnen van de Gersom-familie gaf, waren: de vrijstad Golan in Basan en Astharoth. 72De stam van Issachar gaf hun Kedes, Dobrath, 73Ramot en Anem, met uiteraard de omringende weidegronden. 74De stam van Aser gaf hun Masal, Abdon, 75Hukok en Rechob, weer met het omringende grasland. 76De stam van Naftali gaf hun Kedes in Galilea, Hammon en Kirjataïm met het bijbehorende grasland. 77Van de stam van Zebulon kregen zij de steden Rimmono en Tabor. 78-79 Aan de overkant van de Jordaan, tegenover Jericho, gaf de stam van Ruben hun Beser, een woestijnstad, Jahza, Kedemoth en Mefaäth, met de daarbij behorende weidegronden. 80De stam van Gad gaf hun ten slotte Ramot in Gilead, Machanaïm, 81Chesbon en Jazer. Ook hier kregen zij de erbij behorende weidegronden bij.
