1The Bnei Levi: Gershom, Kehat, and Merari.

2And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershom: Livni and Shime'i.

3And the Bnei Kehat were Amram, and Yitzhar, and Chevron, and Uzziel.

4The Bnei Merari: Machli and Mushi. And these are the mishpekhot of the Levi'im according to avoteihem.

5Of Gershom: Livni bno, Yachat bno, Zimmah bno,

6Yoach bno, Iddo bno, Zerach bno, Yeaterai bno.

7The Bnei Kehat: Amminadav bno, Korach bno, Assir bno,

8Elkanah bno, and Evyasaph bno, and Assir bno,

9Tachat bno, Uriel bno, Uziyah bno, and Sha'ul bno.

10And the Bnei Elkanah: Amasai, and Achimot.

11As for Elkanah, the Bnei Elkanah: Tzophai bno, and Nachat bno,

12Eliav bno, Yerocham bno, Elkanah bno.

13And the Bnei Shmuel: the bechor [Yoel], and the second, Aviyah.

14The Bnei Merari: Machli, Livni bno, Shime'i bno, Uzzah bno,

15Shime'a bno, Chagiyah bno, Asayah bno.

16And these are they whom Dovid set over the service of shir (song) in the Beis Hashem, after the Menoach HaAron (the coming to rest of the Ark).

17And they were the mesharetim (ministers) before the Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed with singing, until Sh'lomo had built the Beis Hashem in Yerushalayim, and then they performed their avodas ⁴according to their mishpatim (regulations).

18And these are they that stood [ministering] with their banim. Of the Bnei Kehati; Heman the meshorer (singer) Ben Yoel Ben Shmuel,

19Ben Elkanah Ben Yerocham Ben Eliel Ben Toach,

20Ben Tzuph Ben Elkanah Ben Machat Ben Amasai,

21Ben Elkanah Ben Yoel Ben Azaryah Ben Tzephanyah,

22Ben Tachat Ben Assir Ben Evyasaph Ben Korach,

23Ben Yitzhar Ben Kehat Ben Levi Ben Yisroel.

24And achiv Asaph, who stood at his right hand, even Asaph Ben Berechyahu Ben Shime'a,

25Ben Micha'el Ben Ba'aseyah Ben Malkiyah,

26Ben Etni Ben Zerach Ben Adayah,

27Ben Eitan Ben Zimmah Ben Shime'i,

28Ben Yachat Ben Gershom Ben Levi.

29And their achim the Bnei Merari stood on the left hand; Eitan Ben Kishi Ben Avdi Ben Maluch,

30Ben Chashavyah Ben Amatzyah Ben Chilkiyah,

31Ben Amtzi Ben Bani Ben Shemer,

32Ben Machli Ben Mushi Ben Merari Ben Levi.

33Their achim also the Levi'im were appointed unto all the avodas Mishkan Beis HaElohim.

34But Aharon and his banim presented the offerings upon the Mizbe'ach HaOlah and on the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret, and were appointed for all the work of the Kodesh HaKodashim, and to make kapporah for Yisroel, according to all that Moshe eved HaElohim had commanded.

35And these are the Bnei Aharon; El'azar bno, Pinchas bno, Avishua bno,

36Bukki bno, Uzzi bno, Zerachyah bno,

37Merayot bno, Amaryah bno, Achituv bno,

38Tzadok bno, Achima'atz bno.

39Now these are their moshevot throughout their assigned territories, of the Bnei Aharon, of the mishpekhot of the Kehati, for the goral (lot) fell upon them.

40And they gave them Chevron in Eretz Yehudah, and the migrashim thereof all around it.

41The sadeh of the Ir, and the villages thereof, they gave to Kalev Ben Yephunneh.

42And to the Bnei Aharon they gave the cities of refuge, namely, Chevron, and Livnah with her migrashim, and Yatir, and Eshtemo'a, with her migrashim,

43Chilen with her migrashim, Devir with hers,

44And Ashan with her migrashim, and Beit-Shemesh with her migrashim;

45And out of the tribe of Binyamin; Geva with her migrashim, and Alemet with her migrashim, and Anatot with her migrashim. All their towns throughout their mishpekhot were 13 towns.

46And unto the Bnei Kehat, which were left of the mishpakhat of that tribe, were towns given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Menasheh, by goral, ten towns.

47And to the Bnei Gershom throughout their mishpekhot out of the tribe of Yissakhar, out of that of Asher, out of that of Naphtali, out of the tribe of Menasheh in Bashan, 13 towns.

48Unto the Bnei Merari were given by goral, throughout their mishpekhot, out of the tribe of Reuven, and out of that of Gad, and out of that of Zevulun, 12 towns.

49And the Bnei Yisroel gave to the Levi'im these towns with their migrashim.

50And they gave by goral out of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin, these towns, which are called by their shmot.

51For some of the mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat had towns of their territories out of the tribe of Ephrayim.

52They gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in Har Ephrayim with her migrashim; they gave Gezer with her migrashim,

53And Yokme'am with her migrashim, and Beit-Choron with her migrashim,

54And Ayalon with her migrashim, and Gat-Rimmon with her migrashim;

55And out of the half tribe of Menasheh; Aner with her migrashim, and Bile'am with her migrashim, for the mishpakhat of the rest of the Bnei Kehat.

56Unto the Bnei Gershom were given out of the mishpakhat of the half tribe of Menasheh Golan in Bashan with her migrashim, and Ashtarot with her migrashim;

57And out of the tribe of Yissakhar; Kedesh with her migrashim, Dovrat with her migrashim,

58And Ramot with her migrashim, and Anem with her migrashim;

59And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her migrashim, and Avdon with her migrashim,

60And Chukok with her migrashim, and Rechov with her migrashim;

61And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galil (Galilee) with her migrashim, and Chammon with her migrashim, and Kiryatayim with her migrashim.

62Unto the rest of the Bnei Merari were given out of the tribe of Zevulun, Rimmono with her migrashim, Tavor with her migrashim.

63And on the other side of the Yarden by Yericho, on the east side of Yarden, were given them out of the tribe of Reuven, Betzer in the midbar with her migrashim, and Yahtzah with her migrashim,

64Kedemot also with her migrashim, and Mepha'at with her migrashim;

65And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil'ad with her migrashim, and Machanayim with her migrashim,

66And Cheshbon with her migrashim, and Yazer with her migrashim.