1 Chronicles 6:48-58

48 fratres quoque eorum Levitae qui ordinati sunt in cunctum ministerium tabernaculi domus Domini

49 Aaron vero et filii eius adolebant incensum super altare holocausti et super altare thymiamatis in omne opus sancti sanctorum et ut precarentur pro Israhel iuxta omnia quae praecepit Moses servus Dei

50 hii sunt autem filii Aaron Eleazar filius eius Finees filius eius Abisue filius eius

51 Bocci filius eius Ozi filius eius Zaraia filius eius

52 Meraioth filius eius Amaria filius eius Ahitob filius eius

53 Sadoc filius eius Achimaas filius eius

54 et haec habitacula eorum per vicos atque confinia filiorum scilicet Aaron iuxta cognationes Caathitarum ipsis enim sorte contigerat

55 dederunt igitur eis Hebron in terra Iuda et suburbana eius per circuitum

56 agros autem civitatis et villas Chaleb filio Iephonne

57 porro filiis Aaron dederunt civitates ad confugiendum Hebron et Lobna et suburbana eius

58 Iether quoque et Esthmo cum suburbanis suis sed et Helon et Dabir cum suburbanis suis

1 Chronicles 6:48-58 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.