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1 Chronicles 6:64
64So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and 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.
- 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 clans of Gershom’s descendants received thirteen cities within the territory of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh (in Bashan). 63The clans of Merari’s descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands. 65They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 66The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received territory within 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 Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.
- Numbers 35:2“Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.
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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