1 Chronicles 6:48-58

48 Their kinsmen the L'vi'im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49 But Aharon and his sons were the ones who offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the service of the Especially Holy Place and to make atonement for Isra'el, in keeping with all that Moshe the servant of God had ordered to be done.
50 These are the descendants of Aharon: his son El'azar, his son Pinchas, his son Avishua,
51 his son Buki, his son 'Uzi, his son Z'rachyah,
52 his son M'rayot, his son Amaryah, his son Achituv,
53 his son Tzadok and his son Achima'atz.
54 These were the settlements of the descendants of Aharon according to the territories assigned them: to the descendants of Aharon, of the clans of the K'hati -for the first lot fell to them -
55 they gave Hevron in the land of Y'hudah with the open land surrounding it,
56 but the fields and the dependent villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y'funeh.
57 To the descendants of Aharon they gave the city of refuge Hevron, also Livnah with its surrounding open land, Yatir, Esht'moa with its surrounding open land,
58 Hilen with its surrounding open land, D'vir with its surrounding open land,

1 Chronicles 6:48-58 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.

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