1 Chronicles 6:57-67

57 To the sons of Aharon they gave the cities of refuge, Hevron; Livna also with its suburbs, and Yattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
58 and Hilen with its suburbs, Devir with its suburbs,
59 and `Ashan with its suburbs, and Beit-Shemesh with its suburbs;
60 and out of the tribe of Binyamin, Geva with its suburbs, and `Allemet with its suburbs, and `Anatot with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
61 To the rest of the sons of Kehat [were given] by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Menashsheh, ten cities.
62 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naftali, and out of the tribe of Menashsheh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63 To the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Re'uven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities.
64 The children of Yisra'el gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
65 They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Shim`on, and out of the tribe of the children of Binyamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
66 Some of the families of the sons of Kehat had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Efrayim.
67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shekhem in the hill-country of Efrayim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

1 Chronicles 6:57-67 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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