1 Chronicles 6:54-60

54 These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):

55 They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands.

56 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,^[a] Jattir, Eshtemoa,

58 Hilen, Debir,

59 Ashan, Juttah^[b] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands.

60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,^[c] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

Read Chapter Compare

1 Chronicles 6:54-60 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. S Numbers 31:10
2. S Joshua 14:13; S Joshua 15:13
3. S Numbers 33:20
4. S Joshua 15:48
5. S Joshua 10:3
6. S Joshua 15:42
7. Jeremiah 1:1

Footnotes 3

[a]. See Joshua 21:13; Hebrew "given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah."
[b]. Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have "Juttah."
[c]. See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have "Gibeon."

1 Chronicles 6:54-60

Share

Settings

1 Chronicles 6:54-60 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 6

Cross References 7

Footnotes 3