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

62To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given from the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities in Bashan. 63To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. So the sons of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasture lands. 65They gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. 66Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

1 Chronicles 6:64 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:64

• Joshua 21:41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands.
• Numbers 35:2“Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands 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