And of the Levites: Shemaiah, son of Hasshub,

Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

And the heads of the Levites [were] Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua; and the sons of Kadmiel, and their brothers over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course.

The sons of Merari [were] Mahli and Mushi: and these [were] the families of Levi, according to their families.

The sons of Merari [were] Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son;

And to the sons of Merari according to their families [there were given], by lot, twelve cities of the tribe of Reuben, of the tribe of Gad,[and] of the tribe of Zebulun.

And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; to Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites.