⁶And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ⁷Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei. ⁸Sons of Laadan: the head is Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹Sons of Shimei are Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these are heads of the fathers of Laadan. ¹⁰And sons of Shimei are Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these are sons of Shimei, four. ¹¹And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering. ¹²Sons of Kohath are Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons—unto the age, to make perfume before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name—unto the age. ¹⁴As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. ¹⁶Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head. ¹⁷And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly. ¹⁸Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head. ¹⁹Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second. ²¹Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. ²²And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them. ²³Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

²⁴These are sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from a son of twenty years and upward,

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