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1 Chronicles 6:77-81

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77 1To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: 2Rimmono with its pasturelands, 3Tabor with its pasturelands,
78 and 4beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,
79 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;
80 and out of the tribe of Gad: 5Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, 6Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
81 7Heshbon with its pasturelands, and 8Jazer with its pasturelands.
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1 Chronicles 6:77-81 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 8

  • 1. For ver. 77-81, see Joshua 21:34-39
  • 2. [Joshua 19:12, 13]
  • 3. [Joshua 19:12, 13]
  • 4. Joshua 13:32
  • 5. 1 Kings 22:3, 4; 2 Kings 9:1, 14
  • 6. See Genesis 32:2
  • 7. Joshua 13:17; Joshua 21:39
  • 8. Numbers 21:32; Joshua 21:39
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