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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 underst...
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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)....
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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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THEIR DWELLING PLACES. Compare Joshua 21:4. This was the basis of
their claim for reinstatement after their return from Babylon.
Probably many of these places had changed their names in spelling or
ot...
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FOR THEIRS WAS THE LOT— _The first lot._ Syriac and Houbigant. See
Joshua 21:10....
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_AND THESE ARE THE SONS OF AARON; ELEAZAR HIS SON, PHINEHAS HIS SON,
ABISHUA HIS SON,_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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CASTLES.. COASTS] RV 'encampments., borders.' THEIR'S WAS THE LOT] RV
'theirs was the _first_ lot': Joshua 21:10....
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 6
The *tribe of Levi –...
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Render, “And these were their seats according to their encampments
within their border.” This, as the heading to all that follows,
should be stopped off therefrom. It does not occur in Joshua 21, and...
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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 6:39]_ וְ אֵ֨לֶּה֙ מֹושְׁבֹותָ֔ם
לְ טִירֹותָ֖ם
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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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Now these [are] their (l) dwelling places throughout their castles in
their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites:
for theirs was the (m) lot.
(l) Or, cities which were give...
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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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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 tha...
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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.
Ver. 54. _Throughout their castles._]...
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_Throughout their castles_ So called, not only because walled and well
guarded by the country, but because they and their possessions were in
a particular manner the care of Divine Providence. As God...
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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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Now, these are their dwelling-places throughout their castles in their
coasts, literally, "by their districts in their border," OF THE SONS
OF AARON, OF THE FAMILIES OF THE KOHATHITES; FOR THEIRS WAS...
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Or, _this lot_ or _portion_ which here follows. Or, _the first lot_,
as appears by the sequel....
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1 Chronicles 6:53 Zadok H6659 son H1121 Ahimaaz H290 son H1121
Zadok - 1 Chronicles 6:8,...
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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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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 6:54 Summarized from Joshua 21:1
with some small omissions and variations of order. The Levites
possessed no tribal territory, so they are distributed througho
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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, who...
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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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Ephesians 3:8; Genesis 25:16; Joshua 21:3; Joshua 21:4; Joshua 21:5;...
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Castles — So called, not only because, walled and well guarded by
the country; but because they and their possessions were in a
particular manner the care of divine providence. As God was their
portio...