1 Estes foram os filhos de Levi: Gérson, Coate e Merari.

2 Estes foram os filhos de Coate: Anrão, Isar, Hebrom e Uziel.

3 Estes foram os filhos de Anrão: Arão, Moisés e Miriã. Estes foram os filhos de Arão: Nadabe, Abiú, Eleazar e Itamar.

4 Eleazar gerou Finéias, Finéias gerou Abisua,

5 Abisua gerou Buqui, Buqui gerou Uzi,

6 Uzi gerou Zeraías, Zeraías gerou Meraiote,

7 Meraiote gerou Amarias, Amarias gerou Aitube,

8 Aitube gerou Zadoque, Zadoque gerou Aimaás,

9 Aimaás gerou Azarias, Azarias gerou Joanã,

10 Joanã gerou Azarias que foi sacerdote no templo construído por Salomão em Jerusalém;

11 Azarias gerou Amarias, Amarias gerou Aitube,

12 Aitube gerou Zadoque, Zadoque gerou Salum,

13 Salum gerou Hilquias, Hilquias gerou Azarias,

14 Azarias gerou Seraías, e Seraías gerou Jeozadaque.

15 Jeozadaque foi levado prisioneiro quando o Senhor enviou Judá e Jerusalém para o exílio por meio de Nabucodonosor.

16 Estes foram os filhos de Levi: Gérson, Coate e Merari.

17 Estes são os nomes dos filhos de Gérson: Libni e Simei.

18 Estes foram os filhos de Coate: Anrão, Isar, Hebrom e Uziel.

19 Estes foram os filhos de Merari: Mali e Musi. Estes são os clãs dos levitas alistados de acordo com os seus antepassados:

20 De Gérson: Seu filho Libni, que foi o pai de Jaate, pai de Zima,

21 que foi o pai de Joá, pai de Ido, pai de Zerá, que foi o pai de Jeaterai.

22 De Coate: Seu filho Aminadabe, pai de Corá, que foi o pai de Assir,

23 pai de Elcana, pai de Ebiasafe, que foi o pai de Assir,

24 pai de Taate, pai de Uriel, pai de Uzias, que foi o pai de Saul.

25 De Elcana: Amasai, Aimote

26 e Elcana, pai de Zofai, pai de Naate,

27 que foi o pai de Eliabe, pai de Jeroão, pai de Elcana, que foi o pai de Samuel.

28 De Samuel: Joel, o mais velho, e Abias, o segundo.

29 De Merari: Mali, pai de Libni, pai de Simei, que foi o pai de Uzá,

30 pai de Siméia, pai de Hagias, que foi o pai de Asaías.

31 Estes são os homens a quem Davi encarregou de dirigir os cânticos no templo do Senhor depois que a arca foi levada para lá.

32 Eles ministravam o louvor diante do tabernáculo, da Tenda do Encontro, até quando Salomão construiu o templo do Senhor em Jerusalém. Eles exerciam suas funções de acordo com as normas estabelecidas.

33 Estes são os que ministravam, junto com seus filhos: Dentre os coatitas: O músico Hemã, filho de Joel, filho de Samuel,

34 filho de Elcana, filho de Jeroão, filho de Eliel, filho de Toá,

35 filho de Zufe, filho de Elcana, filho de Maate, filho de Amasai,

36 filho de Elcana, filho de Joel, filho de Azarias, filho de Sofonias

37 filho de Taate, filho de Assir, filho de Ebiasafe, filho de Corá,

38 filho de Isar, filho de Coate, filho de Levi, filho de Israel.

39 À direita de Hemã, ficava seu parente Asafe, filho de Berequias, filho de Siméia,

40 filho de Micael, filho de Baaséias, filho de Malquias,

41 filho de Etni, filho de Zerá, filho de Adaías,

42 filho de Etã, filho de Zima, filho de Simei,

43 filho de Jaate, filho de Gérson, filho de Levi.

44 Dentre os meraritas: À esquerda de Hemã, parente dos meraritas, ficava Etã, filho de Quisi, filho de Abdi, filho de Maluque,

45 filho de Hasabias, filho de Amazias, filho de Hilquias,

46 filho de Anzi, filho de Bani, filho de Sêmer,

47 filho de Mali, filho de Musi, filho de Merari, filho de Levi.

48 Seus parentes, os outros levitas, foram encarregados de cuidar de todo o serviço do tabernáculo, o templo de Deus.

49 Mas era Arão e seus descendentes que cuidavam dos sacrifícios no altar do holocausto e das ofertas no altar de incenso e de todo o serviço do Lugar Santíssimo, e dos sacrifícios de propiciação por Israel, conforme tudo o que Moisés, servo de Deus, tinha ordenado.

50 Estes foram os descendentes de Arão: o seu filho Eleazar, pai de Finéias, que foi o pai de Abisua,

51 pai de Buqui, pai de Uzi, que foi o pai de Zeraías,

52 pai de Meraiote, pai de Amarias, que foi o pai de Aitube,

53 pai de Zadoque, pai de Aimaás.

54 Estas foram as cidades e as regiões dadas aos levitas para nelas habitarem. Dentre os descendentes de Arão, o clã coatita foi sorteado primeiro;

55 foi-lhe dada Hebrom, em Judá, com suas pastagens ao redor.

56 Mas os campos e os povoados em torno da cidade foram dados a Calebe, filho de Jefoné.

57 Assim os descendentes de Arão receberam Hebrom, cidade de refúgio, e Libna, Jatir, Estemoa,

58 Hilém, Debir,

59 Asã, Jutá e Bete-Semes, com suas respectivas pastagens.

60 E da tribo de Benjamim receberam Gibeão, Geba, Alemete e Anatote, com suas respectivas pastagens. Ao todo treze cidades foram distribuídas entre os seus clãs.

61 Para os demais descendentes de Coate foram sorteadas dez cidades pertencentes aos clãs da metade da tribo de Manassés.

62 Para os descendentes de Gérson, clã por clã, foram sorteadas treze cidades das tribos de Issacar, de Aser e de Naftali, e da metade da tribo de Manassés que fica em Basã.

63 Para os descendentes de Merari, clã por clã, foram sorteadas doze cidades das tribos de Rúben, de Gade e de Zebulom.

64 Assim os israelitas deram aos levitas essas cidades com suas respectivas pastagens.

65 As cidades anteriormente mencionadas dos territórios de Judá, de Simeão e de Benjamim também lhes foram dadas por sorteio.

66 Alguns dos clãs coatitas receberam as seguintes cidades no território da tribo de Efraim:

67 Siquém, cidade de refúgio, nos montes de Efraim, e Gezer,

68 Jocmeão, Bete-Horom,

69 Aijalom e Gate-Rimom, com suas respectivas pastagens.

70 E da metade da tribo de Manassés o restante dos clãs coatitas recebeu Aner e Bileã, com suas respectivas pastagens.

71 Os gersonitas receberam as seguintes cidades: Do clã da meia tribo de Manassés, Golã, em Basã, e também Asterote, com suas respectivas pastagens;

72 da tribo de Issacar, Quedes, Daberate,

73 Ramote e Aném, com suas respectivas pastagens;

74 da tribo de Aser, Masal, Abdom,

75 Hucoque e Reobe, com suas respectivas pastagens;

76 e da tribo de Naftali, Quedes, na Galiléia, Hamom e Quiriataim, com suas respectivas pastagens.

77 E estas foram as cidades que os outros meraritas receberam: Da tribo de Zebulom, Rimono e Tabor, com suas respectivas pastagens;

78 da tribo de Rúben, do outro lado do Jordão, a leste de Jericó, Bezer, no deserto, Jaza,

79 Quedemote e Mefaate, com suas respectivas pastagens;

80 e da tribo de Gade, Ramote, em Gileade, Maanaim,

81 Hesbom e Jazar, com suas respectivas pastagens.

1 The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2 And, the sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 And, the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam,and, the sons of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar, begat Phinehas, Phinehas, begat Abishua;

5 and, Abishua, begat Bukki, and, Bukki, begat Uzzi;

6 and, Uzzi, begat Zerahiah, and, Zerahiah, begat Meraioth;

7 Meraioth, begat Amariah, and, Amariah, begat Ahitub;

8 and, Ahitub, begat Zadok, and, Zadok, begat Ahimaaz;

9 and, Ahimaaz, begat Azariah, and, Azariah, begat Johanan,

10 and, Johanan, begat Azariah,he, it was who ministered as priest, in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem;

11 and Azariah begat Amariah,and, Amariah, begat Ahitub;

12 and, Ahitub, begat Zadok, and, Zadok, begat Shallum;

13 and, Shallum, begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah, begat Azariah;

14 and, Azariah, begat Seraiah, and, Seraiah, begat Jehozadak;

15 and, Jehozadak, departed, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem into captivity,by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And, these, are the names of the sons of Gershom, Libni and Shimei.

18 And, the sons of Kohath, were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. And, these, are the families of Levi by their fathers:

20 To Gershom, pertained Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

22 The sons of Kohath, Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son;

23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son;

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

25 And, the sons of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.

26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son;

27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

28 And, the sons of Samuel, the firstborn, , and, the second, Abiah.

29 the sons of Merari, Mahli,Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son;

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

31 And, these, are they whom David caused to stand, as the servants of song, in the house of Yahweh, when he had given rest unto the ark;

32 so they became attendants before the habitation of the tent of meeting, with song, until Solomon built the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem,and they took their stand according to their prescribed manner over their work.

33 Yea, these, are they who stood, with their sons. Of 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 on his right hand, Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, 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 And, the sons of Merari, their brethren, on the left hand, 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 o Shemer;

47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

48 Howbeit, their brethren, the Levites, were given, for all the work of the habitation, of the house of God.

49 But, Aaron and his sons, were to make perfume upon the altar of ascending-sacrifice, and upon the altar of incense, according to all the service of the holy of holies,even for putting a propitiatory-covering over Israel, according go all that, Moses, the servant of God, commanded.

50 And, these, are the sons of Aaron,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 And, these, are their dwelling-places, according to their encampments, in their boundary,pertaining to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for, theirs, was the lot:

55 so they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the pasture lands thereof, round about it;

56 but, the field-land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

57 And, to the sons of Aaron, gave they, the cities of refugeHebron, and Libnah, with her pasture lands,and Jattir and Eshtemoa, with her pasture lands;

58 and Hilen with her pasture lands, Debir, with her pasture lands;

59 and Ashan, with her pasture lands, and Bethshemesh, with her pasture lands;

60 and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba, with her pasture lands, and Allemeth, with her pasture lands,and Anathoth, with her pasture lands;all their cities, were thirteen cities, throughout their families.

61 And, unto the rest of the sons of Kohathof the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.

62 And, to the sons of Gershom, by their familiesout of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63 And, unto seas of Merari, by their familiesout of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities.

64 So then the sons of Israel gave, to the Levites,the cities and the pasture lands thereof;

65 yea they gave, by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

66 But, as for some of the families of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim;

67 and they gave unto them the cities of refugeShechem and her pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim,and Gezer, with her pasture lands;

68 and Jokmeam, with her pasture lands, and Beth-heron, with her pasture lands;

69 and Aijalon, with her pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture lands;

70 and, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner, with her pasture lands, and Bileam, with her pasture lands,for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

71 Unto the sons of Gershomout of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands,and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands.

72 And, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh, with her pasture lands,Daberath, with her pasture lands;

73 and Ramoth, with her pasture lands, and Anem, with her pasture lands.

74 And, out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal, with her pasture lands,and Abdon, with her pasture lands;

75 and Hukok, with her pasture lands,and Rehob, with her pasture lands.

76 And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture lands, and Hammon, with her pasture lands,and Kiryathaim, with her pasture lands.

77 Unto the rest of the sons of Merariout of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono, with her pasture lands,Tabor, with her pasture lands.

78 And, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordanout of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, with her pasture lands,and Jahzah, with her pasture lands;

79 and Kedemoth, with her pasture lands, and Mephaath, with her pasture lands.

80 And, out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture lands,and Mahanaim, with her pasture lands;

81 and Heshbon, with her pasture lands, and Jazer, with her pasture lands.