1 Chronicles 6:62-72

62 To the Gershomites according to their families were allotted thirteen towns out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
63 To the Merarites according to their families were allotted twelve towns out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64 So the people of Israel gave the Levites the towns with their pasture lands.
65 They also gave them by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these towns that are mentioned by name.
66 And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had towns of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67 They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
68 Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands,
69 Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands;
70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the families of the Kohathites.
71 To the Gershomites: out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
72 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

1 Chronicles 6:62-72 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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