1 Chronicles 6:63

63 ¹To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

1 Chronicles 6:63 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:63

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 6:54).

1 Chronicles 6:63 In-Context

61 To 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 To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

64 So 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 these cities that are mentioned by name.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 21:7