1. The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2. And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3. And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4. Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

5. And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

6. And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

7. Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

8. And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

9. And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

10. And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

11. And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

12. And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

13. And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

14. And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

15. And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16. The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17. And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

18. And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19. The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

20. Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21. Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

22. The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

23. Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

24. Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

25. And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

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What is Scripture?

Scripture is a browser-based reader for sixteen sacred texts spanning multiple religious and literary traditions. It provides chapter-by-chapter navigation, full-text search across all works, word concordance with frequency analysis, verse-linked notes, text-to-speech, and deep linking to any chapter or verse.

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The collection spans Abrahamic, East Asian, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Finnish, and Norse traditions. It includes King James biblical text and Apocrypha, Pickthall's Quran, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, Legge's Four Books, Tao Te Ching, and Book of Poetry, Chamberlain's Kojiki, West's Bundahishn, Kern's Lotus Sutra, Haug and West's Arda Viraf, Crawford's Kalevala, and Bellows' Poetic Edda.

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