1 Chronicles 6:63

_UNTO THE SONS OF MERARI WERE GIVEN BY LOT, THROUGHOUT THEIR FAMILIES, OUT OF THE TRIBE OF REUBEN, AND OUT OF THE TRIBE OF GAD, AND OUT OF THE TRIBE OF ZEBULUN, TWELVE CITIES._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

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 ...

_twelve cities_ The total number of Levitic cities (1 Chronicles 6:60 thirteen, 1 Chronicles 6:61 ten, 1 Chronicles 6:62 thirteen, 1 Chronicles 6:63 twelve) was forty-eight (so Joshua 21:41), of which the Kohathites, as the largest division (cp. 1 Chronicles 15:5, note), received twenty-three or nearly half....

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 6:48]_ לִ בְנֵ֨י מְרָרִ֜י לְ מִשְׁפְּחֹותָ֗ם מִ מַּטֵּ֣ה רְ֠אוּבֵן וּֽ מִ מַּטֵּה ־גָ֞ד...