1 Chronicles 6:66

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

Hebrew Names Version
Some of the families of the sons of Kehat had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Efrayim.

King James Version
And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

English Standard Version
And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

New Century Version
Some of the Kohath family groups received towns and pastures from the tribe of Ephraim.

New English Translation
The clans of Kohath's descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim.

Amplified Bible
Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their [allotted] territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

New American Standard Bible
Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

World English Bible
Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they of the families of the sonnes of Kohath, had cities and their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

Berean Standard Bible
And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

Contemporary English Version
Some of the families of the Kohath clan received their towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

Complete Jewish Bible
Heshbon with the surrounding open land and Ya‘zer with the surrounding open land.

Darby Translation
And to the families of the children of Kohath who had the cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim,

Easy-to-Read Version
The tribe of Ephraim gave some of the Kohath families some towns. Those towns were chosen by throwing lots.

George Lamsa Translation
Moreover they had other cities and their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Good News Translation
Some of the families of the clan of Kohath were assigned towns and pasture lands in the territory of Ephraim:

Lexham English Bible
And of the clans of the sons of Kohath were cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Literal Translation
And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the kynreds of the children of Kahath had the cities of their borders out of the trybe of Ephraim.

American Standard Version
And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Bible in Basic English
And to the families of the sons of Kohath were given towns by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they [that were] of the kinredes of the sonnes of Caath, had cities & their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Heshbon with the open land about it, and Jazer with the open land about it.

King James Version (1611)
And the residue of the families of the sonnes of Kohath, had cities of their coasts, out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And to the members of the families of the sons of Caath there were also given the cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

English Revised Version
And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of hem that weren of the kynrede of the sones of Caath, and in the termes of hem weren the citees of the lynage of Effraym.

Update Bible Version
And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Webster's Bible Translation
And [the residue] of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

New King James Version
Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

New Living Translation
The descendants of Kohath were given the following towns from the territory of Ephraim, each with its pasturelands:

New Life Bible
Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their land from the family of Ephraim.

New Revised Standard
And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had towns of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, as for some of the families of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to them that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath, and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim.

Revised Standard Version
And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of E'phraim.

Young's Literal Translation
and some of the families of the sons of Kohath have cities of their border from the tribe of Ephraim;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴And these are the places where the priestly families were assigned to live. The first assignment went by lot to the sons of Aaron of the Kohathite family; they were given Hebron in the land of Judah and all the neighboring pastures. Caleb the son of Jephunneh got the fields and villages around the city. The family of Aaron was also given the cities of refuge, with pastures included: Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Hilen, Debir, Ashan, and Beth Shemesh. They were also given Geba from the tribe of Benjamin, Alemeth, and Anathoth, all with pastures included. In all, thirteen cities were distributed among the Kohathite families. The rest of the Kohathites were given another ten cities, distributed by lot from the half-tribe of Manasseh. The sons of Gershon were given, family by family, thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan. The sons of Merari, family by family, were assigned by lot twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. The sons of Israel gave the Levites both the cities and their pastures. They also distributed by lot cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Some of the Kohath families were given their cities from the tribe of Ephraim, cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer, Jokmeam, Beth Horon, Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon—all with their pastures. The rest of the sons of Kohath were given Aner and Bileam with their pastures from the half-tribe of Manasseh. The sons of Gershon were given, family by family, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and Ashtaroth; from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh, Daberath, Ramoth, and Anem; from the tribe of Asher, Mashal, Abdon, Hukok, and Rehob; from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim. The rest of the sons of Merari got Rimmono and Tabor from the tribe of Zebulun; Bezer in the desert, Jahzah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath from the tribe of Reuben to the east of the Jordan; and Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer from the tribe of Gad. Pastures were included in all these towns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the residue: 1 Chronicles 6:61, Joshua 21:20-26

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:5 - General 1 Chronicles 7:28 - Gezer 2 Chronicles 11:14 - suburbs

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.