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1 Chronicles 6:64
64Kedemoth with its open land, and Mephaath with its open land
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 rest—the sons of Merari—were assigned, from the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its open land, Tabor with its open land, 63and 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, Kedemoth 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, 66Heshbon with its open land, and Jazer with its open land.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:64 word by word
וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לַלְוִיִּ֑ם אֶת־הֶעָרִ֖ים וְאֶת־מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:64
- Joshua 21:41The total of the towns of the Levites within the holdings of Bnei-Yisrael was 48 towns with their pastures.
- Numbers 35:2“Command Bnei-Yisrael to give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possessions cities in which to live. They are also to give 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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