1 Chronicles 6
NLT
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

New Living Translation

1 Chronicles 6:54-65

54This is a record of the towns and territory assigned by means of sacred lots to the descendants of Aaron, who were from the clan of Kohath.

55This territory included Hebron and its surrounding pasturelands in Judah,

56but the fields and outlying areas belonging to the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

57So the descendants of Aaron were given the following towns, each with its pasturelands: Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

58Holon, Debir,

59Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh.

60And from the territory of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, each with its pasturelands. So thirteen towns were given to the descendants of Aaron.

61The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten towns from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh by means of sacred lots.

62The descendants of Gershon received by sacred lots thirteen towns from the territories of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and from the Bashan area of Manasseh, east of the Jordan.

63The descendants of Merari received by sacred lots twelve towns from the territories of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

64So the people of Israel assigned all these towns and pasturelands to the Levites.

65The towns in the territories of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, mentioned above, were assigned to them by means of sacred lots.

Read all of 1 Chronicles 6

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6

New Living Translation — © 1996, 2004, 2015 Tyndale House Foundation