1 Chronicles 6:64

1 Chronicles 6:64 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
• New International Version (NIV)So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns and their pasturelands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands to the Levites.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:64

62The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families. 63The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families. So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites. 65They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the descendants of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 66Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

1 Chronicles 6:64 word by word

וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַלְוִיִּ֑ם אֶת־הֶעָרִ֖ים וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• to the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• with their suburbsמִגְרָשׁmigrâsh migrâshâh · pastureH4054

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:64

• Joshua 21:41Within the Israelite possession there were forty-eight cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.
• Numbers 35:2“Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:64

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 56-81Verses 56-81 The writer evidently had before him 1 Chronicles 6:58, 1 Chronicles 6:60, 1 Chronicles 6:72, etc.); in a few he substituted for the old an entirely new name, the modern apellation, probably, of the ancient site 1 Chronicles 6:70, 1 Chronicles 6:77. At one time, it would seem, his intention was to give the cities of the priests only, and to content himself with stating the mere number of the rest. His account of the matter was then brought to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 54-81The list of Levitical cities comes from Joshua 21. It follows a geographical order, with families grouped by specific areas. This list shows Israel's unity and completeness. It presents the Levites as settled in the land just like the other tribes.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary