"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 called by their names."
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Verse 65. _WHICH ARE CALLED BY_ THEIR _NAMES._] Probably each family
gave its own name to the city that fell to its lot....
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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...
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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, o...
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_by lot_ as a means of gaining Divine sanction for the assignment of
cities.
_which are coiled by_their _names_ R.V. WHICH ARE MENTIONED BY NAME,
i.e. above and below....
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_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 t...
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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....
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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...
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(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 i...
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_[1 Chronicles 6:50]_ וַ יִּתְּנ֣וּ בַ †
גֹּורָ֗ל מִ מַּטֵּ֤ה בְנֵי ־יְהוּדָה֙
וּ מִ מַּטֵּ֣ה בְנֵי
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In this whole chapter, consisting of eighty-one verses, the one
subject is the priestly tribe. This in itself reveals the standard
from which the history was written. Judah, the kingly tribe, is the
o...
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_Them. The priests, ver. 54. (Du Hamel) --- Names. Some being styled
of the priests, (Calmet) other of the Levites, (Menochius) whose
dominion as thus asserted. (Calmet)_...
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The sacred Scripture, having given a faithful register of the Levites
names, in those verses relates their dwelling-places. Jacob, when
dying, foretold that Levi should be divided in Jacob, and scatte...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, 8, AND 9.
In the genealogies of Levi (chap. 6) we see, first of all, the line of
high priests until the captivity; and then the Levites, their services...
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1 Chronicles 6:54....
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1 The sonnes of Leui.
4 The line of the Priests vnto the captiuitie.
16 The families of Gershom, Merari, and Kohath.
49 The office of Aaron and his line vnto Ahimaaz.
54 The cities of the Priests...
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THE CITIES OF THE LEVITES...
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THEY GAVE, to wit, to those Levites of the family of Kohath who were
priests, as appears both by 1 CHRONICLES 6:57, &c., where the cities
given to the Aaronites are said to be taken out of the tribes...
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1 Chronicles 6:65 gave H5414 (H8799) lot H1486 tribe H4294 children
H1121 Judah H3063 tribe H4294 children H1121 Simeon H8095 tribe H4294
children H1121 Benjamin H1144 cities H5892 called H7121 (H8799...
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CONTENTS: Sons of Levi. Cities of the priests and Levites.
CHARACTERS: Gershom, Kohath, Merari, Aaron, Moses and Miriam.
CONCLUSION: There is always abundance of service to be done by God's
children...
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1 Chronicles 6:4. _Eleazar begat Phinehas._ A correct table of the
Jewish highpriests would be very desirable to every lover of sacred
literature. The best list I can collect is as follows: Aaron, Ele...
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1 CHRONICLES 6:1 The Tribe of Levi. Levi is placed at the center of
the Chronicler’s ideal conception of Israel (see diagram in note on
1 Chronicles 1:1). The Davidic monarchy and the Jerusalem temple...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter refers wholly to tribe of Levi. Gives
the family of Aaron, 1 Chronicles 6:1; the descendants of Gershom,
Kohath, and Merari, 1 Chronicles 6:16; the pedigrees of the
song-...
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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, wh...
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Now in chapter six, we now get to the tribe of Levi from which was the
priestly tribe.
[And the three sons which made the major families within the tribe of]
Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. An...
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1 Chronicles 6:57...