1 Chronicles 23:6–23

⁶Also ^gDavid separated them into ¹divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

⁷Of the ^hGershonites: ²Laadan and Shimei. ⁸The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel—three in all. ⁹The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Laadan. ¹⁰And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, ³Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei. ¹¹Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father’s house.

¹²ⁱThe sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all. ¹³The sons of ^jAmram: Aaron and Moses; and ^kAaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should ⁴sanctify the most holy things, ^lto burn incense before the Lord, ^mto minister to Him, and ⁿto give the blessing in His name forever. ¹⁴Now ^othe sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi. ^15pThe sons of Moses were ⁵Gershon and Eliezer. ¹⁶Of the sons of Gershon, ^qShebuel ⁶was the first. ¹⁷Of the descendants of Eliezer, ^rRehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. ¹⁸Of the sons of Izhar, ^sShelomith was the first. ^19tOf the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.

^21uThe sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and ^vKish. ²²And Eleazar died, and ^whad no sons, but only daughters; and their ⁷brethren, the sons of Kish, ^xtook them as wives. ^23yThe sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.