The Living Bible (130 page)
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These are the names of the sons of Levi:
Gershom, Kohath, Merari.
2
Kohath’s
sons were:
Amram,
Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel.
3
Amram’s
descendants included:
Aaron,
Moses, Miriam.
Aaron’s
sons were: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar.
4-15
The oldest sons of the successive generations of Aaron were as follows:
*
Eleazar, the father of
Phinehas, the father of
Abishua, the father of
Bukki, the father of
Uzzi, the father of
Zerahiah, the father of
Meraioth, the father of
Amariah, the father of
Ahitub, the father of
Zadok, the father of
Ahimaaz, the father of
Azariah, the father of
Johanan, the father of
Azariah (the High Priest in Solomon’s Temple at Jerusalem), the father of
Amariah, the father of
Ahitub, the father of
Zadok, the father of
Shallum, the father of
Hilkiah, the father of
Azariah, the father of
Seraiah, the father of
Jehozadak (who went into exile when the Lord sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into captivity under Nebuchadnezzar).
16
As previously stated,
*
the sons of Levi were:
Gershom, Kohath, Merari.
17
The sons of
Gershom
were: Libni, Shimei.
18
The sons of
Kohath
were:
Amram,
Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel.
19-21
The sons of
Merari
were: Mahli, Mushi.
The subclans of the Levites were:
In the Gershom clan: Libni, Jahath, Zimmah, Joah, Iddo, Zerah, Jeatherai.
22-24
In the Kohath clan: Amminadab, Korah, Assir,
Elkanah,
Ebiasaph, Assir, Tahath, Uriel, Uzziah, Shaul.
25-27
The subclan of
Elkanah
was further divided into the families of his sons: Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkanah, Zophai, Nahath, Eliab, Jeroham, Elkanah.
28
The families of the subclan of Samuel were headed by Samuel’s sons: Joel, the oldest; Abijah, the second.
29-30
The subclans of the clan of Merari were headed by his sons: Mahli, Libni, Shimei, Uzzah, Shimea, Haggiah, Asaiah.
31
King David appointed song leaders and choirs to praise God in the Tabernacle after he had placed the Ark in it.
32
Then, when Solomon built the Temple at Jerusalem, the choirs carried on their work there.
33-38
These are the names and ancestries
*
of choir leaders: Heman the Cantor was from the clan of Kohath; his genealogy was traced back through: Joel, Samuel, Elkanah III, Jeroham, Eliel, Toah, Zuph, Elkanah II, Mahath, Amasai, Elkanah I, Joel, Azariah, Zephaniah, Tahath, Assir, Ebiasaph, Korah, Izhar, Kohath, Levi, Israel.
39-43
Heman’s assistant
*
was his colleague Asaph, whose genealogy was traced back through: Berechiah, Shimea, Michael, Baaseiah, Malchijah, Ethni, Zerah, Adaiah, Ethan, Zimmah, Shimei, Jahath, Gershom, Levi.
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Heman’s second assistant was Ethan, a representative from the clan of Merari, who stood on his left. Merari’s ancestry was traced back through: Kishi, Abdi, Malluch, Hashabiah, Amaziah, Hilkiah, Amzi, Bani, Shemer, Mahli, Mushi, Merari, Levi.
48
Their relatives—all the other Levites—were appointed to various other tasks in the Tabernacle.
49
But only Aaron and his descendants were the priests. Their duties included sacrificing burnt offerings and incense, handling all the tasks relating to the inner sanctuary—the Holy of Holies—and the tasks relating to the annual Day of Atonement for Israel. They saw to it that all the details commanded by Moses the servant of God were strictly followed.
50-53
The descendants of Aaron were: Eleazar, Phinehas, Abishua, Bukki, Uzzi, Zerahiah, Meraioth, Amariah, Ahitub, Zadok, Ahimaaz.
54
This is a record of the cities and land assigned by lot to the descendants of Aaron, all of whom were members of the Kohath clan:
55-57
Hebron and its surrounding pasturelands in Judah (although the fields and suburbs were given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh),
58-59
and the following Cities of Refuge with their surrounding pasturelands: Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Hilen, Debir, Ashan, Beth-shemesh.
60
Thirteen other cities with surrounding pastures—including Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth—were given to the priests by the tribe of Benjamin.
61
Lots were then drawn to assign land to the remaining descendants of Kohath, and they received ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
62
The subclans of the Gershom clan received by lot thirteen cities in the Bashan area from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh.
63
The subclans of Merari received by lot twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64-65
Cities and pasturelands were also assigned by lot to the Levites (and then renamed) from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
66-69
The tribe of Ephraim gave these Cities of Refuge with the surrounding pasturelands to the subclans of Kohath: Shechem in Mount Ephraim, Gezer, Jokmeam, Beth-horon, Aijalon, Gath-rimmon.
70
The following Cities of Refuge and their pasturelands were given to the subclans of the Kohathites by the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner, Bileam.
71
Cities of Refuge and pastureland given to the clan of Gershom by the half-tribe of Manasseh were: Golan, in Bashan; Ashtaroth.
72
The tribe of Issachar gave them Kedesh, Daberath,
73
Ramoth, and Anem, and the surrounding pastureland of each.
74
The tribe of Asher gave them Abdon, Mashal,
75
Hukok, and Rehob, with their pasturelands.
76
The tribe of Naphtali gave them Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim with pasturelands.
77
The tribe of Zebulun gave Rimmono and Tabor to the Merari clan as Cities of Refuge.
78-79
And across the Jordan River, opposite Jericho, the tribe of Reuben gave them Bezer (a desert town), Jahzah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with their pasturelands.
80
The tribe of Gad gave them Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
81
Heshbon, and Jazer, each with their surrounding pasturelands.
The sons of Issachar:
Tola,
Puah, Jashub, Shimron.
2
The sons of
Tola,
each of whom was the head of a subclan:
Uzzi,
Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, Shemuel.
At the time of King David, the total number of men of war from these families was 22,600.
3
Uzzi’s
son was Izrahiah among whose five sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all chiefs of subclans.
4
Their descendants, at the time of King David, numbered 36,000 troops; for all five of them had several wives and many sons.
5
The total number of men available for military service from all the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000 stouthearted warriors, all included in the official genealogy.
6
The sons of Benjamin were:
Bela, Becher, Jediael.
7
The sons of
Bela:
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, Iri.
These five mighty warriors were chiefs of subclans and were the leaders of 22,034 troops (all of whom were recorded in the official genealogies).
8
The sons of
Becher
were: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, Alemeth.
9
At the time of David there were 20,200 mighty warriors among their descendants; and they were led by their clan chiefs.
10
The son of
Jediael
was
Bilhan.
The sons of
Bilhan
were: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, Ahishahar.
11
They were the chiefs of the subclans of
Jediael,
and their descendants included 17,200 warriors at the time of King David.
12
The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was one of the sons of Aher.
13
The sons of Naphtali (descendants of Jacob’s wife
*
Bilhah) were: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, Shallum.
14
The sons of Manasseh, born to his Aramaean concubine, were Asriel and Machir (who became the father of Gilead).
15
It was Machir who found wives for Huppim and Shuppim.
*
Machir’s sister was Maacah. Another descendant was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
*
16
Machir’s wife, also named Maacah, bore him a son whom she named Peresh; his brother’s name was Sheresh, and he had sons named Ulam and Rakem.
17
Ulam’s son was Bedan. So these were the sons of Gilead, the grandsons of Machir, and the great-grandsons of Manasseh.
18
Hammolecheth, Machir’s sister, bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19
The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
20-21
The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath, Zabad, Shuthelah,
Ezer, Elead.
Elead
and
Ezer
attempted to rustle cattle at Gath, but they were killed by the local farmers.
22
Their father Ephraim mourned for them a long time, and his brothers tried to comfort him.
23
Afterwards his wife conceived and bore a son whom he called Beriah (meaning “a tragedy”) because of what had happened.
24
Ephraim’s daughter’s name was Sheerah. She built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah.
25-27
This is Ephraim’s line of descent:
Rephah, the father of
Resheph, the father of
Telah, the father of
Tahan, the father of
Ladan, the father of
Ammihud, the father of
Elishama, the father of
Nun, the father of
Joshua.
28
They lived in an area bounded on one side by Bethel and its surrounding towns, on the east by Naaran, on the west by Gezer and its villages, and finally by Shechem and its surrounding villages as far as Ayyah and its towns.
29
The tribe of Manasseh, descendants of Joseph the son of Israel, controlled the following cities and their surrounding areas: Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor.
30
The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi,
Beriah,
Serah (their sister).
31
The sons of
Beriah
were:
Heber,
Malchiel (the father of Birzaith).
32
Heber’s
children were:
Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham,
Shua (their sister).
33
Japhlet’s
sons were: Pasach, Bimhal, Ashvath.
34
His brother
Shomer’s
*
sons were: Rohgah, Jehubbah, Aram.
35
The sons of his brother
Hotham
*
were:
Zophah,
Imna, Shelesh, Amal.
36-37
The sons of
Zophah
were: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah,
Ithran,
Beera.
38
The sons of
Ithran
*
were: Jephunneh, Pispa, Ara.
39
The sons of Ulla were: Arah, Hanniel, Rizia.
40
These descendants of Asher were heads of subclans and were all skilled warriors and chiefs. Their descendants in the official genealogy numbered 36,000 men of war.