1Som allerede nævnt havde Levi sønnerne Gershon, Kehat og Merari.2Gershon havde to sønner: Libni og Shimi.3Kehat havde som nævnt fire sønner: Amram, Jitzhar, Hebron og Uzziel.4Merari havde to sønner: Mahli og Mushi.5Blandt Gershons efterkommere var der følgende slægtsoverhoveder: Libni, Jahat, Zimma,6Joa, Iddo, Zerach og Jeateraj.7Blandt Kehats efterkommere var der følgende slægtsoverhoveder: Amminadab,* Kora, Assir,8Elkana, Ebjasaf, Assir,9Tahat, Uriel, Uzzija og Shaul.10Blandt Elkanas efterkommere var der følgende: Amasaj, Ahimot,11Elkana, Zofaj, Nahat,12Eliab, Jeroham, Elkana og Samuel.13Samuel fik to sønner: den første hed Joel og den anden Abija.14Blandt Meraris efterkommere var der følgende slægtsoverhoveder: Mahli, Libni, Shimi, Uzza,15Shima, Haggija og Asaja.
Tempelmusikerne af Levis stamme
16Kong David udvalgte en gruppe levitter til at stå for lovsangen og musikken i det telt, han havde rejst på Zions bjerg, og hvor han havde anbragt pagtens ark. De udførte deres tjeneste efter de retningslinier, David havde givet dem, indtil Salomon byggede templet.18Tre ledere blev udvalgt til at stå for sangen og musikken sammen med deres sønner. Den øverste leder var Heman af Kehats slægt. Han kunne føre sin slægt tilbage til patriarken Jakob fra sin far, Joel, over Samuel, Elkana, Jeroham, Eliel, Toa, Zuf, Elkana, Mahat, Amasaj, Elkana, Joel, Azarja, Zefanja, Tahat, Assir, Ebjasaf, Kora, Jitzhar, Kehat, Levi til Jakob.24Den næstøverste leder var Asaf af Gershons slægt. Han kunne føre sin slægt tilbage til Levi fra sin far, Berekja, over Shima, Mikael, Ba’aseja, Malkija, Etni, Zerach, Adaja, Etan, Zimma, Shimi, Jahat, Gershon til Levi.29Den tredje leder blev Etan af Meraris slægt. Han kunne føre sin slægt tilbage til Levi fra sin far, Kishi, over Abdi, Malluk, Hashabja, Amatzja, Hilkija, Amzi, Bani, Shemer, Mahli, Mushi, Merari til Levi.33De øvrige levitter fik hver deres opgave i tjenesten ved Guds telt.
Præsternes opgave
34Det var kun Arons efterkommere, der fik lov at gøre tjeneste som præster. Det var deres opgave at brænde røgelse og ofre brændofre på alteret, og kun ypperstepræsten måtte træde frem for Gud inde i det allerhelligste rum og skaffe soning for folkets synder. Præsterne var ansvarlige for, at de regler og forskrifter, som Gud havde givet sin tjener Moses, blev overholdt til punkt og prikke.35Præsteslægten fra Aron og fremover var som før nævnt: Eleazar, Pinehas, Abishua, Bukki, Uzzi, Zerahja, Merajot, Amarja, Ahitub, Zadok og Ahima’atz.
De byer, der blev givet til Arons slægt og de øvrige levitter
39En række byer og områder blev ved hjælp af de hellige lodder tildelt Arons præsteslægt, som var en del af Kehat-slægten.40Først fik de Hebron i Judas stammeområde med tilhørende græsmarker—de øvrige marker og omliggende landsbyer tilhørte Kaleb, Jefunnes søn. Hebron var en af tilflugtsbyerne. Dernæst fik de i Judas område tildelt Libna, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Hilen,* Debir, Ashan, Jutta* og Bet-Shemesh—alle med tilhørende græsmarker.45Fra Benjamins stammeområde fik Arons slægt tildelt byerne Gibeon,* Geba, Alemet og Anatot med tilhørende græsmarker. Det var i alt 13 byer.46Derefter fik Kehats øvrige efterkommere ved lodtrækning tildelt ti byer fra Efraims og Dans område samt fra Manasses halve stamme vest for Jordan.*47Gershons efterkommere fik slægt for slægt tildelt 13 byer i Issakars, Ashers og Naftalis område og i Bashan, hvor Manasses anden halve stamme boede.48Meraris efterkommere fik slægt for slægt tildelt 12 byer i de områder, hvor Rubens, Gads og Zebulons stammer boede.49Israelitterne tildelte altså ved lodtrækning levitterne en række byer med tilhørende græsmarker.50Præsterne fik byer tildelt fra Judas, Simeons og Benjamins stammeområder.*51Kehats efterkommere fik som sagt tildelt en række byer fra Efraims stammeområde:52Det var tilflugtsbyen Sikem i Efraims højland, samt Gezer,53Jokmeam og Bet-Horon.54De fik også Ajjalon og Gat-Rimmon*—alle byer kom med de tilhørende græsmarker.55Manasses halve stamme mod vest afstod byerne Aner og Bileam med tilhørende græsmarker.56Blandt de byer, Gershons efterkommere fik tildelt, var Golan og Ashtarot med tilhørende græsmarker fra Manasses halve stamme i Bashan øst for Jordan.57Af Issakars stamme fik de Kedesh, Daberat, Jarmut og En-Gannim med tilhørende græsmarker.59Af Ashers stamme fik de Mashal, Abdon, Hukok og Rehob med tilhørende græsmarker.61Af Naftalis stamme fik de Kedesh i Galilæa, Hammot og Kirjatajim med tilhørende græsmarker.62Meraris efterkommere fik tildelt Rimmon og Tabor med tilhørende græsmarker af Zebulons stamme.63Fra Rubens stamme øst for Jordanfloden, over for Jeriko, fik de ørkenbyen Betzer samt Jatza, Kedemot og Mefa’at—alle med tilhørende græsmarker.65Gads stamme gav dem Ramot i Gilead, Mahanajim, Heshbon og Jazer—alle med tilhørende græsmarker.
English Standard Version
Descendants of Levi
1* The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.3The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.4Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,5Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,6Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,7Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,8Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,9Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,10and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).11Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,12Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum,13Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah,14Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;15and Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.16* The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.22The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,23Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.25The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,26Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.28The sons of Samuel: Joel* his firstborn, the second Abijah.*29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.31These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there.32They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.33These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel,34son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,35son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,36son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,37son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,38son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;39and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,40son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,41son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,42son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,43son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.44On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,45son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,46son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,47son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.48And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.49But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.54These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,56but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,58Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,59Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;60and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon,* Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.61To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.62To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.63To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.64So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.65They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.66And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.67They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,68Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,69Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,70and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.71To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,73Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;74out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,75Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.77To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,78and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,79Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,81Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
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