1 Chronicles 6:57-60

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.

1 Chronicles 6:57-60 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 33:20
• 2. S Joshua 15:48
• 3. S Joshua 10:3
• 4. S Joshua 15:42
• 5. Jeremiah 1:1

Footnotes

• [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."