³¹ son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, ³² son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.^(A)

³³ Their brother Levites were appointed to all the other services of the tabernacle of the house of God.^{(B) 34} However, it was Aaron and his sons who made the sacrifice on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar of incense; they alone had charge of the holy of holies and of making atonement for Israel, as Moses, the servant of God, had commanded.^(C)

³⁵ These were the sons of Aaron: his son Eleazar, whose son was Phinehas, whose son was Abishua, ³⁶ whose son was Bukki, whose son was Uzzi, whose son was Zerahiah, ³⁷ whose son was Meraioth, whose son was Amariah, whose son was Ahitub, ³⁸ whose son was Zadok, whose son was Ahimaaz.

^39 [a]The following were their dwelling places, by encampments in their territories. To the sons of Aaron who belonged to the clan of the Kohathites, since the lot fell to them, ⁴⁰ was assigned Hebron in the land of Judah, with its adjacent pasture lands. ⁴¹ However, the open country and the villages belonging to the city had been given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. ⁴² There were assigned to the sons of Aaron: Hebron a city of refuge, Libnah with its pasture lands, Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, ⁴³ Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, ⁴⁴ Ashan with its pasture lands, Jetta with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands. ⁴⁵ Also from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, Almon with its pasture lands, Anathoth with its pasture lands. In all, they had thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

⁴⁶ The other Kohathites obtained ten cities by lot for their clans from the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh. ⁴⁷ The clans of the Gershonites obtained thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

Chapter 25

The Singers. ¹ David and the leaders of the liturgy set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who prophesied^[a] to the accompaniment of lyres and harps and cymbals.^(A)

This is the list of those who performed this service: ² Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the guidance of the king. ³ Of Jeduthun, these sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah; six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied to the accompaniment of a lyre, to give thanks and praise to the Lord. ⁴ Of Heman, these sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, and Jerimoth; Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer for divine matters; to exalt him God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.^{(B) 6} All these, whether of Asaph, Jeduthun, or Heman, were under their fathers’ direction in the singing in the house of the Lord to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres, serving in the house of God, under the guidance of the king.^{(C) 7} Their number, together with that of their kinsmen who were trained in singing to the Lord, all of them skilled men, was two hundred and eighty-eight. ⁸ They cast lots for their functions equally, young and old, master and pupil alike.^(D)