1 Chronicles 6:55-81

55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,
56 1but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 2To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
58 Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
59 Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;
60 and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon,[a] Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.
61 3To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
62 To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.
63 4To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64 5So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.
65 They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin 6these cities that are mentioned by name.
66 7And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67 They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
68 8Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,
69 Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,
70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.
71 9To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and 10Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;
72 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
73 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;
74 out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
75 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;
76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.
77 11To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: 12Rimmono with its pasturelands, 13Tabor with its pasturelands,
78 and 14beyond 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: 15Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, 16Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
81 17Heshbon with its pasturelands, and 18Jazer with its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:55-81 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.

Cross References 18

  • 1. [Joshua 14:13; Joshua 15:13]
  • 2. For ver. 57-60, see Joshua 21:13-19
  • 3. [ver. 66-70; Joshua 21:5]
  • 4. Joshua 21:7
  • 5. Joshua 21:3
  • 6. See ver. 57-60
  • 7. For ver. 66-70, see Joshua 21:20-26
  • 8. Joshua 12:22; 1 Kings 4:12
  • 9. For ver. 71-76, see Joshua 21:27-33
  • 10. Joshua 9:10
  • 11. For ver. 77-81, see Joshua 21:34-39
  • 12. [Joshua 19:12, 13]
  • 13. [Joshua 19:12, 13]
  • 14. Joshua 13:32
  • 15. 1 Kings 22:3, 4; 2 Kings 9:1, 14
  • 16. See Genesis 32:2
  • 17. Joshua 13:17; Joshua 21:39
  • 18. Numbers 21:32; Joshua 21:39

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint, Syriac (compare Joshua 21:17); Hebrew lacks Gibeon
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