1 Chronicles 6:67

Complete Jewish Bible

The sons of Levi: Gershom, K'hat and M'rari. These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim‘i. The sons of K'hat: ‘Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and ‘Uzi'el. The sons of M'rari: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the L'vi'im according to father's clans: [The descendants] of Gershom: his son Livni, his son Yachat, his son Zimah, his son Yo'ach, his son ‘Iddo, his son Zerach, his son Ye'atrai. The descendants of K'hat: his son ‘Amminadav, his son Korach, his son Asir, his son Elkanah, his son Evyasaf, his son Asir, his son Tachat, his son Uri'el, his son ‘Uziyah and his son Sha'ul. The sons of Elkanah: ‘Amasai and Achimot. As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: his son Tzofai, his son Nachat, his son Eli'av, his son Yerocham and his son Elkanah. The sons of Sh'mu'el: Vashni the firstborn, then Aviyah. The descendants of M'rari: Machli, his son Livni, his son Shim‘i, his son ‘Uzah, his son Shim‘a, his son Hagiyah and his son ‘Asayah. David appointed them to be in charge of the service of song in the house of Adonai after the ark had found a permanent resting place. They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of Adonai in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order. Those who carried out these tasks and their descendants were — starting with descendants of the K'hati — Heman the singer, the son of Yo'el the son of Sh'mu'el, the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of Toach, the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of ‘Amasai, the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo'el, the son of ‘Azaryah, the son of Tz'fanyah, the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach, the son of Yitz'har, the son of K'hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra'el. His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim‘a, the son of Mikha'el, the son of Ba‘aseyah, the son of Malkiyah, the son of Etni, the son of Zerach the son of ‘Adayah, the son of Eitan, the son of Zimah, the son of Shim‘i, the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. On the left were their kinsmen the descendants of M'rari: Eitan the son of Kishi, the son of ‘Avdi, the son of Malukh, the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah, the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of M'rari, the son of Levi. Their kinsmen the L'vi'im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. But Aharon and his sons were the ones who offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the service of the Especially Holy Place and to make atonement for Isra'el, in keeping with all that Moshe the servant of God had ordered to be done. These are the descendants of Aharon: his son El‘azar, his son Pinchas, his son Avishua, his son Buki, his son ‘Uzi, his son Z'rachyah, his son M'rayot, his son Amaryah, his son Achituv, his son Tzadok and his son Achima‘atz. These were the settlements of the descendants of Aharon according to the territories assigned them: to the descendants of Aharon, of the clans of the K'hati — for the first lot fell to them — they gave Hevron in the land of Y'hudah with the open land surrounding it, but the fields and the dependent villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y'funeh. To the descendants of Aharon they gave the city of refuge Hevron, also Livnah with its surrounding open land, Yatir, Esht'moa with its surrounding open land, Hilen with its surrounding open land, D'vir with its surrounding open land, ‘Ashan with its surrounding open land, Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land; and out of the tribe of Binyamin: Geva with its surrounding open land, ‘Alemet with its surrounding open land and ‘Anatot with its surrounding open land. All the cities for all their clans amounted to thirteen cities. The rest of the descendants of K'hat were assigned by lot, clan by clan, ten cities from the half-tribe of M'nasheh. The descendants of Gershom were assigned, clan by clan, thirteen cities from the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and M'nasheh in Bashan. To the descendants of M'rari were assigned by lot, clan by clan, twelve cities from the tribes of Re'uven, Gad and Z'vulun. So the people of Isra'el gave the L'vi'im these cities with the surrounding open land. From the tribes of the descendants of Y'hudah, Shim‘on and Binyamin they assigned these cities mentioned by name. Some of the clans of the descendants of K'hat were given cities in territory from the tribe of Efrayim. They gave them the city of refuge Sh'khem in the hills of Efrayim with the surrounding open land, also Gezer with the surrounding open land, Yokme‘am with the surrounding open land, Beit-Horon with the surrounding open land, Ayalon with the surrounding open land, and Gat-Rimmon with the surrounding open land; and out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: ‘Aner with the surrounding open land and Bil‘am with the surrounding open land, for the rest of the clans of the descendants of K'hat. The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and ‘Ashtarot with the surrounding open land; and from the tribe of Yissakhar: Kedesh with the surrounding open land, Davrat with the surrounding open land, Ramot with the surrounding open land and ‘Anem with the surrounding open land; and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the surrounding open land, ‘Avdon with the surrounding open land, Hukok with the surrounding open land and Rechov with the surrounding open land; and from the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with the surrounding open land, Hamon with the surrounding open land and Kiryatayim with the surrounding open land. To the rest [of the L'vi'im], the descendants of M'rari, were given, from the tribe of Z'vulun: Rimmono with the surrounding open land and Tavor with the surrounding open land; and beyond the Yarden at Yericho, on the east side of the Yarden, they were given, from the tribe of Re'uven: Betzer in the desert with the surrounding open land, Yahatz with the surrounding open land, K'demot with the surrounding open land and Mefa‘at with the surrounding open land; and from the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil‘ad with the surrounding open land, Machanayim with the surrounding open land, Heshbon with the surrounding open land and Ya‘zer with the surrounding open land.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,

Hebrew Names Version
They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shekhem in the hill-country of Efrayim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

King James Version
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

English Standard Version
They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

New Century Version
They received Shechem, one of the cities of safety, with its pastures in the mountains of Ephraim. They also received the towns and pastures of Gezer,

New English Translation
They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands,

Amplified Bible
They gave to the Levites the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands;

New American Standard Bible
They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands,

World English Bible
They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbes, and Gezer and her suburbes,

Legacy Standard Bible
And they gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

Berean Standard Bible
They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,

Contemporary English Version
These families received the following Safe Towns and the pastureland around them: Shechem in the hill country, Gezer, Jokmeam, Beth-Horon, Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon.

Darby Translation
they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

Easy-to-Read Version
They were given the city of Shechem. Shechem is a city of safety. They were also given the towns of Gezer,

George Lamsa Translation
And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim and Gezer with its suburbs,

Good News Translation
Shechem, the city of refuge in the hills of Ephraim, Gezer,

Lexham English Bible
And they gave them the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

Literal Translation
And they gave to them for cities of refuge: Shechem in Mount Ephraim and its open lands; and Gezer and its open lands;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So gaue they now vnto the (namely vnto the kynred of the children of Kahath) ye fre cities, Sichem vpon mount Ephraim, Geser,

American Standard Version
And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

Bible in Basic English
And they gave them the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its outskirts, and Gezer with its outskirts,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge: Sichem in mount Ephraim and her suburbes, Gaser and her suburbes,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="jps" data-ref="1ch.6.1" class="versetxt"> The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni, and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. The sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son; Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son; Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son; Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son; Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. And the sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni; then Abiah. The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son; Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they took their station at their service according to their order. And these are they that took their station, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel; the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah; the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai; the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah; the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah; the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand; even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea; the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah; the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah; the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei; the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch; the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah; the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer; the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son; Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son; Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son; Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the [first] lot, to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land round about it; but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. And to the sons of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with the open land about it, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it; and Hilen with the open land about it, Debir with the open land about it; and Ashan with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; and out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with the open land about it, and Alemeth with the open land about it, and Anathoth with the open land about it. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. So the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with the open land about them. And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. And they gave unto them the city of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with the open land about it; Gezer also with the open land about it; and Jokmeam with the open land about it, and Bethhoron with the open land about it; and Aijalon with the open land about it, and Gath-rimmon with the open land about it; and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with the open land about it, and Bileam with the open land about it, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, and Ashtaroth with the open land about it; and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with the open land about it, Dobrath with the open land about it; and Ramoth with the open land about it, and Anem with the open land about it; and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the open land about it, and Abdon with the open land about it; and Hukok with the open land about it; and Rehob with the open land about it; and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with the open land about it, and Hammon with the open land about it, and Kiriathaim with the open land about it. Unto the rest [of the Levites], the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with the open land about it, Tabor with the open land about it; and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it, and Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath with the open land about it; and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with the open land about it, and Mahanaim with the open land about it, and Heshbon with the open land about it, and Jazer with the open land about it.

King James Version (1611)
And they gaue vnto them of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, with her suburbs: they gaue also Gezer with her suburbs,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they gave them the cities of refuge, Sychem and her suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer and her suburbs,

English Revised Version
And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with her suburbs; Gezer also with her suburbs;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Israel yauen to hem citees of refuyt; Sichem with hise subarbis in the hil of Effraym, and Gazer with hise subarbis, also Hicmaan with hise subarbis,

Update Bible Version
And they gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,

Webster's Bible Translation
And they gave to them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with its suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with its suburbs,

New King James Version
And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands,

New Living Translation
Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer,

New Life Bible
They were given cities where anyone could go to be safe. These cities were Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its fields, Gezer with its fields,

New Revised Standard
They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and they gave unto them the cities of refuge - Shechem and her pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, - and Gezer, with her pasture lands;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gave the cities of refuge Sichem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs,

Revised Standard Version
They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of E'phraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,

Young's Literal Translation
and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer also with its pasture lands,

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴ Ayalon with the surrounding open land, and Gat-Rimmon with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁵ and out of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: ‘Aner with the surrounding open land and Bil‘am with the surrounding open land, for the rest of the clans of the descendants of K'hat. ⁵⁶ The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and ‘Ashtarot with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁷ and from the tribe of Yissakhar: Kedesh with the surrounding open land, Davrat with the surrounding open land, ⁵⁸ Ramot with the surrounding open land and ‘Anem with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁹ and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the surrounding open land, ‘Avdon with the surrounding open land, ⁶⁰ Hukok with the surrounding open land and Rechov with the surrounding open land; ⁶¹ and from the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with the surrounding open land, Hamon with the surrounding open land and Kiryatayim with the surrounding open land. ⁶² To the rest [of the L'vi'im], the descendants of M'rari, were given, from the tribe of Z'vulun: Rimmono with the surrounding open land and Tavor with the surrounding open land; ⁶³ and beyond the Yarden at Yericho, on the east side of the Yarden, they were given, from the tribe of Re'uven: Betzer in the desert with the surrounding open land, Yahatz with the surrounding open land,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shechem: Genesis 33:18, Genesis 35:4, Joshua 20:7, Joshua 21:21

Gezer: Joshua 12:12, Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:10, Joshua 21:21, 1 Kings 9:16

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:33 - Gezer Joshua 17:7 - Shechem 1 Kings 9:15 - Gezer 1 Chronicles 7:28 - Gezer 1 Chronicles 14:16 - Gazer

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The writer evidently had before him Joshua 21:0, which he followed, as to its matter, closely. In some cases he perhaps modernised the ancient names (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 a conclusion, and summed up, in 1 Chronicles 6:64. But, afterward, either he or a later writer thought it best to add to the list of the priestly cities the information contained in Judges as to those which were not priestly, but merely Levitical. The passage 1 Chronicles 6:65-81 was then added.

The entire account has suffered much from corruption. In the first list two names, those of Juttah and Gideon, have dropped out. It is necessary to restore them in order to complete the number of thirteen cities 1 Chronicles 6:60. In the second list 1 Chronicles 6:67-70 there is likewise an omission of two cities, Eltekeh and Gibbethon, which are wanted to make up the number ten 1 Chronicles 6:61. The third list is complete, though some of the names are very different from these of Joshua. In the fourth, two names are again wanting, those of Jokneam and Kartah.

1 Chronicles 6:61

Unto the sons of Kohath which were left - i. e. to such of them as were not priests.

Out of the half tribe ... ten cities - The half tribe furnished two cities only (1 Chronicles 6:70, and compare Joshua 21:25). It is evident therefore that something has fallen out. We may supply from Joshua the words “out of Ephraim and out of Dan, and” before “out of the half tribe.”

1 Chronicles 6:77

Unto the rest of the children of Merari - Rather, “Unto the rest the children of Merari” - that is to say, “unto the remainder of the Levites, who were descendants of Merari”: - the two other branches, the Kohathites and the Gershomites, having been treated of previously.