\v 31 Following are the names of the men whom David put in charge of music in the house of Yahweh, after the ark came to rest there.
\v 32 They served by singing before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem. They fulfilled their duties following the instructions given to them.
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\v 33 These were those who served with their sons. From the clans of the Kohathites came Heman the musician. Here were his ancestors, going back in time:
\q Heman was the son of Joel.
\q Joel was the son of Samuel.
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\v 34 Samuel was the son of Elkanah.
\q Elkanah was the son of Jeroham.
\q Jeroham was the son of Eliel.
\q Eliel was the son of Toa.
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\v 35 Toa was the son of Zuph.
\q Zuph was the son of Elkanah.
\q Elkanah was the son of Mahath.
\q Mahath was the son of Amasai.
\q Amasai was son of Elkanah.
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\v 36 Elkanah was the son of Joel.
\q Joel was the son of Azariah.
\q Azariah was the son of Zephaniah.
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\v 37 Zephaniah was the son of Tahath.
\q Tahath was the son of Assir.
\q Assir was the son of Ebiasaph.
\q Ebiasaph was the son of Korah.
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\v 38 Korah was the son of Izhar.
\q Izhar was the son of Kohath.
\q Kohath was the son of Levi.
\q Levi was the son of Israel.
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\v 39 Heman's colleague was Asaph, who stood at his right hand.
\q Asaph was the son of Berechiah.
\q Berechiah was the son of Shimea.
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\v 40 Shimea was the son of Michael.
\q Michael was the son of Baaseiah.
\q Baaseiah was the son of Malchijah.
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\v 41 Malchijah was the son of Ethni.
\q Ethni was the son of Zerah.
\q Zerah was the son of Adaiah.
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\v 42 Adaiah was the son of Ethan.
\q Ethan was the son of Zimmah.
\q Zimmah was the son of Shimei.
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\v 43 Shimei was the son of Jahath.
\q Jahath was the son of Gershom.
\q Gershom was the son of Levi.
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\v 44 At Heman's left hand were his colleagues the sons of Merari. They included Ethan son of Kishi.
\q Kishi was the son of Abdi.
\q Abdi was the son of Malluch.
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\v 45 Malluch was the son of Hashabiah.
\q Hashabiah was the son of Amaziah.
\q Amaziah was the son of Hilkiah.
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\v 46 Hilkiah was the son of Amzi.
\q Amzi was the son of Bani.
\q Bani was the son of Shemer.
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\v 47 Shemer was the son of Mahli.
\q Mahli was the son of Mushi.
\q Mushi was the son of Merari.
\q Merari was the son of Levi.
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\v 48 Their associates, the Levites, were assigned to do all the work for the tabernacle, the house of God.
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\v 49 Aaron and his sons did all the work concerned with the most holy place. They made the offerings on the altar for burnt offerings. They made the offering on the incense altar. All of these were to make atonement for Israel. They followed everything that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
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\v 50 Aaron's descendants are reckoned as follows:
\v 60 From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba with its pasturelands, Allemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. These Kohathite clans received thirteen cities in all.
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\v 61 To the rest of Kohath's descendants were given by lot ten cities from the half tribe of Manasseh.
\v 62 To Gershom's descendants in their various clans were given thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
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\v 63 To Merari's descendants were given twelve cities by lot in their various clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
\v 64 So the people of Israel gave these cities with their pasturelands to the Levites.
\v 65 They assigned by lot the towns mentioned earlier from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
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\v 66 Some of the Kohathite clans were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim.
\v 67 They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
\v 68 Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth Horon with its pasturelands,
\v 69 Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands.
\v 70 From the half tribe of Manasseh were given Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands. These became the possessions of the rest of the Kohathite clans.
\v 71 To Gershom's descendants were given, from the clans of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.
\v 72 From of the tribe of Issachar, Gershom's descendants received Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
\v 73 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands.
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\v 74 From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
\v 75 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands.
\v 76 From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.
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\v 77 To the rest of the Levites, Merari's descendants, were given from the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasturelands and Tabor with its pasturelands.
\v 78-79 To them were also given, on the other side of the Jordan at Jericho, on the river's east side, Bezer in the desert with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands. These were given from the tribe of Reuben.
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\v 80 From the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
\v 81 Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
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