1 Chronicles 6:39-49

39 et fratres eius Asaph qui stabat a dextris eius Asaph filius Barachiae filii Samaa

40 filii Michahel filii Basiae filii Melchiae

41 filii Athnai filii Zara filii Adaia

42 filii Ethan filii Zamma filii Semei

43 filii Ieth filii Gersom filii Levi

44 filii autem Merari fratres eorum ad sinistram Ethan filius Cusi filii Abdi filii Maloch

45 filii Asabiae filii Amasiae filii Helciae

46 filii Amasai filii Bonni filii Somer

47 filii Mooli filii Musi filii Merari filii Levi

48 fratres quoque eorum Levitae qui ordinati sunt in cunctum ministerium tabernaculi domus Domini

49 Aaron vero et filii eius adolebant incensum super altare holocausti et super altare thymiamatis in omne opus sancti sanctorum et ut precarentur pro Israhel iuxta omnia quae praecepit Moses servus Dei

1 Chronicles 6:39-49 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.