1 Chronicles 6:67-77

67 cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

68 Jokmeam, Beth Horon,

69 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon - all with their pastures.

70 The rest of the sons of Kohath were given Aner and Bileam with their pastures from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

71 The sons of Gershon were given, family by family, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and Ashtaroth;

72 from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh, Daberath,

73 Ramoth, and Anem;

74 from the tribe of Asher, Mashal, Abdon,

75 Hukok, and Rehob;

76 from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim.

77 The rest of the sons of Merari got Rimmono and Tabor from the tribe of Zebulun;

1 Chronicles 6:67-77 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.