1 Chronicles 6:49-81

The Descendants of Aaron

⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering and on 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 . ⁵⁰ 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 .

The Cities of the Levites

⁵⁴ Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders . To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot ), ⁵⁵ to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it; ⁵⁶ but the fields of the city and its villages , they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh . ⁵⁷ To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge : Hebron , Libnah also with its pasture lands , Jattir , Eshtemoa with its pasture lands , ⁵⁸ Hilen with its pasture lands , Debir with its pasture lands , ⁵⁹ Ashan with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands ; ⁶⁰ and from the tribe of Benjamin : Geba with its pasture lands , Allemeth with its pasture lands , and Anathoth with its pasture lands . All their cities throughout their families were thirteen e cities . ⁶¹ Then to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot , from the family of the tribe , from the half-tribe e , the half of Manasseh , ten cities . ⁶² To the sons of Gershom , according to their families , were given from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher , the tribe of Naphtali , and the tribe of Manasseh , thirteen e cities in Bashan . ⁶³ To the sons of Merari were given by lot , according to their families , from the tribe of Reuben , the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun , twelve e cities . ⁶⁴ So the sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands . ⁶⁵ They gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah , the tribe of the sons of Simeon and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin , these cities which are mentioned by name . ⁶⁶ Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim . ⁶⁷ They gave to them the following cities of refuge : Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands , Gezer also with its pasture lands , ⁶⁸ Jokmeam with its pasture lands , Beth-horon with its pasture lands , ⁶⁹ Aijalon with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands ; ⁷⁰ and from the half-tribe e of Manasseh : Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands , for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath . ⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom were given, from the family of the half-tribe e of Manasseh : Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands ; ⁷² and from the tribe of Issachar : Kedesh with its pasture lands , Daberath with its pasture lands ⁷³ and Ramoth with its pasture lands , Anem with its pasture lands ; ⁷⁴ and from the tribe of Asher : Mashal with its pasture lands , Abdon with its pasture lands , ⁷⁵ Hukok with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands ; ⁷⁶ and from the tribe of Naphtali : Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands , Hammon with its pasture lands and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands . ⁷⁷ To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari , were given, from the tribe of Zebulun : Rimmono with its pasture lands , Tabor with its pasture lands ; ⁷⁸ and beyond e the Jordan at Jericho , on the east side of the Jordan , were given them, from the tribe of Reuben : Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands , Jahzah with its pasture lands , ⁷⁹ Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands ; ⁸⁰ and from the tribe of Gad : Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands , Mahanaim with its pasture lands , ⁸¹ Heshbon with its pasture lands and Jazer with its pasture lands .