Also of the sons of Aaron the priests. — Officers were likewise appointed to distribute portions. to the priests and Levites who dwelt on their farms. outside of the sacerdotal cities. Render, “and for the sons of Aaron the priests, in the farms of the pasturage of their cities, in each several city, there were men who were specified by names, to give portions to every male among the priests, and to every one that was registered among the Levites.”

Fields of the suburbs. — See Leviticus 25:34; Numbers 35:5.

Expressed by name. — See 1 Chronicles 12:31; 2 Chronicles 28:15.

To all that were reckoned by genealogies.Registered. The relative is omitted before the verb hiththyahçsh, which is here the perfect as in 2 Chronicles 31:18, not the infinitive as in 2 Chronicles 31:16.

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