1 Chronicles 6:63

1 Chronicles 6:63 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
• New King James Version (NKJV)To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:63

61and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its open land, Hammon with its open land and Kiriathaim with its open land. 62To the rest—the sons of Merari—were assigned, from the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its open land, Tabor with its open land, and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its open land, Jahaz with its open land, 64Kedemoth with its open land, and Mephaath with its open land 65and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its open land, Mahanaim with its open land,

1 Chronicles 6:63 word by word

לִבְנֵ֨י מְרָרִ֜י לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗ם מִמַּטֵּ֣ה רְ֠אוּבֵן וּֽמִמַּטֵּה־גָ֞ד וּמִמַּטֵּ֤ה זְבוּלֻן֙ בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Unto the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Merariמְרָרִיmerârîy · MerariH4847
• by lotגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
• throughout their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• out of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: rodH4294
• of Reubenרְאוּבֵןre'ûbên · ReubenH7205
• of Gadגָּדgâd · GadH1410
• of Zebulunזְבוּלֻןzebûlûn zebûlûn zebûlûn · ZebulunH2074
• twelveעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• twelveשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:63

• Genesis 46:11Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
• Numbers 3:20The sons of Merari, by their families, are Mahli and Mushi. These then were the families of the Levites by their ancestral households.
• Joshua 21:7The children of Merari according to their clans received 12 towns from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:63

• 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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:63

• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Gad
• Lot
• Reuben
• Zebulun
• Abiasaph
• Bezer
• Chronicles, Books of
• Chronology of the Old Testament
• Genealogy
• Merari

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