Common English Bible

1 Chronicles 6:38-57 Common English Bible (CEB)

38. son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi son of Israel.

39. His relative was Asaph, who stood on his right, that is, Asaph son of Berechiah son of Shimea

40. son of Michael son of Baaseiah son of Malchijah

41. son of Ethni son of Zerah son of Adaiah

42. son of Ethan son of Zimmah son of Shimei

43. son of Jahath son of Gershom son of Levi.

44. On the left were their relatives, Merari’s family: Ethan son of Kishi son of Abdi son of Malluch

45. son of Hashabiah son of Amaziah son of Hilkiah

46. son of Amzi son of Bani son of Shemer

47. son of Mahli son of Mushi son of Merari son of Levi.

48. Their relatives the Levites were dedicated to all the services of the dwelling for God’s house.

49. Aaron and his sons sacrificed on the altar for entirely burned offerings and on the altar for incense, doing all the work of the holiest place, to make reconciliation for Israel, just as Moses, God’s servant, had commanded.

50. This was Aaron’s family: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

51. his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah,

52. his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,

53. his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.

54. These are the places they lived by their camps within their territory. To Aaron’s family from the Kohathite clan, as chosen by lot,

55. they gave Hebron in the land of Judah with its surrounding pasturelands.

56. But the city’s fields and its settlements they gave to Caleb, Jephunneh’s son.

57. To Aaron’s family they gave the refuge cities: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,