1 Chronicles 15:4

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David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

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  • Exod 6:16-22 : 16 Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.(The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.) 17 The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei. 18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.(The length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.) 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records. 20 Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses.(The length of Amram’s life was 137 years.) 21 The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri. 22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
  • Num 3:4 : 4 Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the desert of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.
  • 1 Chr 6:16-30 : 16 (6:1) The sons of Levi:Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 These are the names of the sons Gershom:Libni and Shimei. 18 The sons of Kohath:Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari:Mahli and Mushi.These are the clans of the Levites by their families. 20 To Gershom:His son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, 21 his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai. 22 The sons of Kohath:His son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, 23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, 24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul. 25 The sons of Elkanah:Amasai, Ahimoth, 26 his son Elkanah, his son Zophai, his son Nahath, 27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah. 28 The sons of Samuel:Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second oldest. 29 The descendants of Merari:Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, 30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.
  • 1 Chr 6:49-50 : 49 But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered. 50 These were the descendants of Aaron:His son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,
  • 1 Chr 12:26-28 : 26 From Levi there were 4,600. 27 Jehoiada, the leader of Aaron’s descendants, brought 3,700 men with him, 28 along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.

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