1 Chronicles 6:54

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them. ⁵⁴ Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aharon, of the families of the Kehati (for theirs was the [first] lot), ⁵⁴ Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. ⁵⁴ These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot, ⁵⁴ These are the places where Aaron's descendants lived. His descendants from the Kohath family group received the first share of the land. ⁵⁴ These were the areas where Aaron's descendants lived: The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment: ⁵⁴Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first allocation by lot) ⁵⁴ Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),⁵⁴ 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), ⁵⁴ And these are the dwelling places of them throughout their townes and coastes, euen of the sonnes of Aaron for the familie of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.

Bible Verse Review
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am 2561, bc 1443

these are: Numbers 35:1-8, Joshua 21:3-8

castles: Genesis 25:16, Numbers 31:10, Psalms 69:25, Proverbs 18:10, Proverbs 18:11, Ephesians 3:8

of the families: Joshua 21:4, Joshua 21:5

for theirs: Joshua 21:4

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:7 - General Joshua 14:4 - save cities 1 Chronicles 13:2 - their cities and suburbs 2 Chronicles 31:15 - the cities 2 Chronicles 31:19 - the fields Nehemiah 11:36 - And of

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 54-81. Now these are their dwelling places,.... The dwelling places of the priests and Levites, assigned and given to them in the several tribes of Israel; and the account of them agrees with that in

Joshua 21:1 with some few variations of names of places, which have been there observed: see the notes there; only in 1 Chronicles 6:57 two cities are omitted, Juttah and Gibeon, through want of care in transcribing, since they are said to be "thirteen", as they should be, whereas eleven only are mentioned. The Jews say h, the cities of the suburbs (those here mentioned) ceased from the time the first temple was destroyed; and yet Ezra, who lived after the captivity, and the building the second temple, here gives a very particular account of them; the suburbs belonging to every city, which he particularly mentions, were 2000 cubits, both to the cities of refuge, and the rest, Numbers 35:5 Hebron, the first city mentioned in the next verse, was a city of refuge, and had suburbs of such a space; and it is remarkable, that some of the temples with the Heathens, which were asylums, or places of refuge, had the space of 2000 paces assigned them for the same sanctity and privilege i.

h T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 48. 2. i Tacit. Annal. l. 3. c. 62.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their’s was the lot - i. e. “the first lot.” The Kohathites had the first lot among the Levitical families, as being the family whereto the high priesthood was attached (compare Joshua 21:10).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 54. Theirs was the lot. — All the tribes and families obtained their respective inheritances by lot, but to the sons of Aaron was the first lot; and so the Syriac and Arabic have understood this place. The first lot, says Jarchi, fell to Judah, that they might give to the priests and the Levites the cities marked below. See an account of the possessions of the priests and Levites, Joshua 20:0, Joshua 21:0.