1 Chronicles 6:61

_AND UNTO THE SONS OF KOHATH, WHICH WERE LEFT OF THE FAMILY OF THAT TRIBE, WERE CITIES GIVEN OUT OF THE HALF TRIBE, NAMELY, OUT OF THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH, BY LOT, TEN CITIES._ Unto the sons of Kohath, which were left - i:e., in addition to the priests belonging to the same family and tribe of Levi. BY LOT, TEN CITIES (Joshua 21:26). The sacred historian gives an explanation, 1 Chronicles 6:66. Eight of these are mentioned, but only two of them are taken out of the half tribe of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 6:70). The names of the other two are given, Joshua 21:21, where full and detailed noti

The writer evidently had before him Joshua 21, 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 t

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 6:1 The tribe of Levi is now taken. The first three verses prepare the way for running rapidly down the line of high priest descent, from Aaron's son Eleazar to Jehozadak, who is reached at the twenty-fifth name from Levi, though not necessarily the twenty-fifth generation, as there appear (1 Chronicles 6:11) to be some omissions. Nor are all the names which are given those of high priests, for the genealogy of Jehozadak did not always pass though such. 1 CHRONICLES 6:1 This verse gives the three branches of Levi,and is in agreement with the enumeration of them in...

1 Chronicles 6:54....

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2) with the exception of Cain's descendants (Genesis 4:16) the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3); David (1 Chronicles 3:1); Judah again, and made up of fragments ...

AND UNTO THE SONS OF KOHATH—WERE GIVEN, &C.— _And to the rest of the sons of Kohath from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and the tribe of Dan, and the half tribe of Manasseh, were given by lot ten cities._...

GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter records the descendants of Levi, traces the line of the high priests to the captivity, and enumerates the cities of the Priests and Levites....

THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 6 THE *TRIBE OF LEVI – 1 CHRONICLES 6:1-81 The family of the chief priests – 1 Chronicles 6:1-15 V1 Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. V2 Kohath’s sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. V3 Amram’s children were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron’s sons were

(54-81) The Levitical cities, beginning with those of the Aavonites, the principal branch of the Kohathite clan. This list deals with the same topic as Joshua 21:3, with which, upon the whole, it is in substantial agreement. 1 Chronicles 6:54 are parallel to Joshua 21:10....

_[1 Chronicles 6:46]_ וְ לִ בְנֵ֨י קְהָ֜ת הַ נֹּותָרִ֗ים מִ מִּשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַ מַּטֶּ֡ה מִֽ֠ מַּחֲצִית...