16. These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.

17. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

18. The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years.

19. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

20. Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him AARON and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.

4. The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of AARON the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.

5. The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

6. The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

7. The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

8. The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as the LORD commanded by Moses.

9. They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:

10. and they were for the children of AARON, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

2. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3. The children of Amram: AARON, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of AARON: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

The sons of Amram: AARON and Moses; and AARON was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before The LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.