7. Of the Gershonites: Ladan (Libni) and Shimei.
8. The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel–three in all.
9. The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran–three in all. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
10. And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina (Zizah), Jeush, and Beriah. Of these four sons of Shimei,
11. Jahath was chief and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons [not enough for a father's house or clan]; so they were counted together as one father's house.
12. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel–four in all.
13. The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy and to consecrate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever might burn incense before the Lord, minister to Him, and bless in His name [and the character which that name denotes] forever.
14. But the sons of Moses the man of God were named among the tribe of Levi.
15. The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
16. The son of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
17. The son of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah's sons were very many.
18. The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the chief.
19. The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20. The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first and Isshiah the second.
21. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22. Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, and their kinsmen, sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23. The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth–three in all.
24. These were the Levites by their fathers' houses, the heads of the fathers' houses of those registered, according to the number of names of the individuals who were the servants of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.