Amplified Bible

1 Chronicles 6:40-55 Amplified Bible (AMP)

40. The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,

41. The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

42. The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

43. The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

44. Their kinsmen the sons of Merari stood at the left hand: Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

45. The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

46. The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

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

48. And their brethren the Levites [who were not descended from Aaron] were appointed for all other kinds of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49. But [the line of] Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, ministering for all the work of the Holy of Holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses, God's servant, had commanded.

50. 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. Their dwelling places are according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the [first] lot–[Josh. 21:10.]

55. To them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding suburbs.