These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

利未众子的名字是革顺、哥辖、米拉利。

利未儿子的名字是革顺、哥辖、米拉利。

利未儿子的名字是革顺、哥辖、米拉利。

利未的儿子是革顺、哥辖和米拉利。

利未众子的名字是：革顺、哥辖、米拉利。

利未眾子的名字是革順、哥轄、米拉利。

利未兒子的名字是革順、哥轄、米拉利。

利未兒子的名字是革順、哥轄、米拉利。

利未的兒子是革順、哥轄和米拉利。

利未眾子的名字是：革順、哥轄、米拉利。

以下這些人是利未的兒子、按名字排列的：革順、哥轄、米拉利。

利未諸子之名如左、革順、哥轄、米拉利、

利未子名、臚列如左、革順、哥轄、米喇哩。

利未子、一名革順、一名哥轄、一名米拉利、

These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These, then, are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their genealogy: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their genealogy.

Prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering with the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb.“ If you prepare a grain offering with a ram, it must be four quarts of fine flour mixed with a third of a gallon of oil.Also present a third of a gallon of wine for a drink offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.“ If you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow, or as a fellowship offering to the Lord,a grain offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with two quarts of oil must be presented with the bull.Also present two quarts of wine as a drink offering. It is a fire offering of pleasing aroma to the Lord.This is to be done for each ox, ram, lamb, or goat.This is how you must prepare each of them, no matter how many.“ Every Israelite is to prepare these things in this way when he presents a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.When a foreigner resides with you or someone else is among you and wants to prepare a fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he is to do exactly as you do throughout your generations.The assembly is to have the same statute for both you and the foreign resident as a permanent statute throughout your generations. You and the foreigner will be alike before the Lord.The same law and the same ordinance will apply to both you and the foreigner who resides with you.”The Lord instructed Moses:“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land where I am bringing you,you are to offer a contribution to the Lord when you eat from the food of the land.You are to offer a loaf from your first batch of dough as a contribution; offer it just like a contribution from the threshing floor.Throughout your generations, you are to give the Lord a contribution from the first batch of your dough.“ When you sin unintentionally and do not obey all these commands that the Lord spoke to Moses—all that the Lord has commanded you through Moses, from the day the Lord issued the commands and onward throughout your generations—

Since Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned toward the wilderness.When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,and he proclaimed his poem: The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.They stretch out like river valleys, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the Lord has planted, like cedars beside the water.Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will be by abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.God brought him out of Egypt; He is like the horns of a wild ox for them. He will feed on enemy nations and gnaw their bones; he will strike them with his arrows.He crouches, he lies down like a lion or a lioness— who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed, and those who curse you will be cursed.Then Balak became furious with Balaam, struck his hands together, and said to him,“ I summoned you to put a curse on my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them these three times.Now go to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but look, the Lord has denied you a reward.”Balaam answered Balak,“ Didn’t I previously tell the messengers you sent me:If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the Lord’s command, to do anything good or bad of my own will? I will say whatever the Lord says.Now I am going back to my people, but first, let me warn you what these people will do to your people in the future.”Then he proclaimed his poem: The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God and has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:I see him, but not now; I perceive him, but not near. A star will come from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will smash the forehead of Moab and strike down all the Shethites.Edom will become a possession; Seir will become a possession of its enemies, but Israel will be triumphant.One who comes from Jacob will rule; he will destroy the city’s survivors.Then Balaam saw Amalek and proclaimed his poem: Amalek was first among the nations, but his future is destruction.Next he saw the Kenites and proclaimed his poem: Your dwelling place is enduring; your nest is set in the cliffs.Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.Once more he proclaimed his poem: Ah, who can live when God does this?Ships will come from the coast of Kittim; they will afflict Asshur and Eber, but they too will come to destruction.Balaam then arose and went back to his homeland, and Balak also went his way.

Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.The people praised all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem( but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns— the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem): Judah’s descendants: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of Perez’s descendants;and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, a descendant of the Shilonite.The total number of Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jerusalem, was 468 capable men.These were Benjamin’s descendants: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah,and after him Gabbai and Sallai: 928.Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.The priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, andSeraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple,and their relatives who did the work at the temple: 822. Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah

So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with all the officials of Moab.Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:“ Come, put a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel!”How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?I see them from the top of rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. There is a people living alone; it does not consider itself among the nations.Who has counted the dust of Jacob or numbered the dust clouds of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright; let the end of my life be like theirs.“ What have you done to me?” Balak asked Balaam.“ I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have only blessed them!”He answered,“ Shouldn’t I say exactly what the Lord puts in my mouth?”Then Balak said to him,“ Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp; you won’t see all of them. From there, put a curse on them for me.”So Balak took him to Lookout Field on top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.Balaam said to Balak,“ Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.”The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then He said,“ Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him,“ What did the Lord say?”Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak, get up and listen; son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes His mind. Does He speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?I have indeed received a command to bless; since He has blessed, I cannot change it.He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and there is rejoicing over the King among them.God brought them out of Egypt; He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.There is no magic curse against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,“ What great things God has done!”

Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

The heads of the Levite families approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.At Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, they told them,“ The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.”So the Israelites, by the Lord’s command, gave the Levites these cities with their pasturelands from their inheritance.The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of Aaron the priest received 13 cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.The remaining descendants of Kohath received 10 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and half the tribe of Manasseh.Gershon’s descendants received 13 cities by lot from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeonto the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because they received the first lot.They gave them Kiriath-arba( that is, Hebron) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. Arba was the father of Anak.But they gave the fields and villages of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands— nine cities from these two tribes.From the tribe of Benjamin they gave: Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands— four cities.All 13 cities with their pasturelands were for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.The allotted cities to the remaining clans of Kohath’s descendants, who were Levites, came from the tribe of Ephraim.The Israelites gave them: Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,Kibzaim with its pasturelands, and Beth-horon with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Dan they gave: Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands— four cities.From half the tribe of Manasseh they gave: Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands— two cities.All 10 cities with their pasturelands were for the clans of Kohath’s other descendants.From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon, who were one of the Levite clans: Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands— two cities.From the tribe of Issachar they gave: Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Asher they gave: Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Naphtali they gave: Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands— three cities.All 13 cities with their pasturelands were for the Gershonites by their clans.From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari, who were the remaining Levites: Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,Dimnah with its pasturelands, and Nahalal with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Reuben they gave: Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands— four cities.From the tribe of Gad they gave: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands— four cities in all.All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.Within the Israelite possession there were 48 cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.So the Lord gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.The Lord gave them rest on every side according to all He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies were able to stand against them, for the Lord handed over all their enemies to them.None of the good promises the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled.

Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.These are the names of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei.Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:

These were the Levites registered by their clans: the Gershonite clan from Gershon; the Kohathite clan from Kohath; the Merarite clan from Merari.These were the Levite family groups: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.