1 Chronicles 6:46-56

46 Hilkiah was Amzi's son. Amzi was Bani's son. Bani was Shemer's son.
47 Shemer was Mahli's son. Mahli was Mushi's son. Mushi was Merari's son, and Merari was Levi's son.
48 The other Levites served by doing their own special work in the Holy Tent, the house of God.
49 Aaron and his descendants offered the sacrifices on the altar of burnt offering and burned the incense on the altar of incense. They offered the sacrifices that removed the Israelites' sins so they could belong to God. They did all the work in the Most Holy Place and followed all the laws that Moses, God's servant, had commanded.
50 These were Aaron's sons: Eleazar was Aaron's son. Phinehas was Eleazar's son. Abishua was Phinehas' son.
51 Bukki was Abishua's son. Uzzi was Bukki's son. Zerahiah was Uzzi's son.
52 Meraioth was Zerahiah's son. Amariah was Meraioth's son. Ahitub was Amariah's son.
53 Zadok was Ahitub's son, and Ahimaaz was Zadok's son.
54 These are the places where Aaron's descendants lived. His descendants from the Kohath family group received the first share of the land.
55 They were given the city of Hebron in Judah and the pastures around it,
56 but the fields farther from the city and the villages near Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

1 Chronicles 6:46-56 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 6

This chapter begins with the fathers and heads of the tribe of Levi, 1Ch 6:1-3, and reckons up the high priests in the line of Eleazar, to the Babylonish captivity, 1Ch 6:4-15 gives an account of the families of the sons of Levi, 1Ch 6:16-30 and of those Levites that were employed as singers, and in other ministrations in the sanctuary in the times of David and Solomon, 1Ch 6:31-49, then follows a repetition of the sons of Aaron in the line of Eleazar, to the said times, 1Ch 6:50-53, and a recital of the dwelling places of the Levites in the several tribes, 1Ch 6:54-81.

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