1 Chronicles 6:62-72

62 porro filiis Gersom per cognationes suas de tribu Isachar et de tribu Aser et de tribu Nepthali et de tribu Manasse in Basan urbes tredecim

63 filiis autem Merari per cognationes suas de tribu Ruben et de tribu Gad et de tribu Zabulon dederunt sorte civitates duodecim

64 dederunt quoque filii Israhel Levitis civitates et suburbana earum

65 dederuntque per sortem ex tribu filiorum Iuda et ex tribu filiorum Symeon et ex tribu filiorum Beniamin urbes has quas vocaverunt nominibus suis

66 et his qui erant ex cognatione filiorum Caath fueruntque civitates in terminis eorum de tribu Ephraim

67 dederunt ergo eis urbes ad confugiendum Sychem cum suburbanis suis in monte Ephraim et Gazer cum suburbanis suis

68 Hicmaam quoque cum suburbanis suis et Bethoron similiter

69 necnon et Helon cum suburbanis suis et Gethremmon in eundem modum

70 porro ex dimidia tribu Manasse Aner et suburbana eius Balaam et suburbana eius his videlicet qui de cognatione filiorum Caath reliqui erant

71 filiis autem Gersom de cognatione dimidiae tribus Manasse Gaulon in Basan et suburbana eius et Astharoth cum suburbanis suis

72 de tribu Isachar Cedes et suburbana eius et Dabereth cum suburbanis suis

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.