1 Chronicles 6:65

65 They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin ¹these cities that are mentioned by name.

1 Chronicles 6:65 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:65

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 6:54).

1 Chronicles 6:65 In-Context

63 To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

64 So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.

65 They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.

66 And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

Cross References

• 1. See ver. 57-60