The Chief Ministers of Song
1 Chronicles 6:31-48
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David appointed them to be in charge of the service of song in the house of ADONAI after the ark had found a permanent resting place.
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They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of ADONAI in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order.
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Those who carried out these tasks and their descendants were - starting with descendants of the K'hati - Heman the singer, the son of Yo'el the son of Sh'mu'el,
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the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of Toach,
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the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of 'Amasai,
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the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo'el, the son of 'Azaryah, the son of Tz'fanyah,
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the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach,
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the son of Yitz'har, the son of K'hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra'el.
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His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim'a,
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the son of Mikha'el, the son of Ba'aseyah, the son of Malkiyah,
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the son of Etni, the son of Zerach the son of 'Adayah,
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the son of Eitan, the son of Zimah, the son of Shim'i,
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the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
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On the left were their kinsmen the descendants of M'rari: Eitan the son of Kishi, the son of 'Avdi, the son of Malukh,
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the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah,
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the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
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the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of M'rari, the son of Levi.
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Their kinsmen the L'vi'im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
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