English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 6:64
64So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands to the Levites.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So the people of Israel assigned all these towns and pasturelands to the Levites.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:64
62To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan. 63To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands. 65They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name. 66And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:64 word by word
וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַלְוִיִּ֑ם אֶת־הֶעָרִ֖ים וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:64
- Joshua 21:41The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.
- Numbers 35:2"Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands 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
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