1 Chronicles 6:54 BSB

1 Chronicles 6:54

Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 understood this place. The first lot, says Jarchi, fell to Judah, that they might give to the priests and the Levites the cities marked below. See an account of the possessions of the priests and Levites, Jos 20:1-9, 21.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙	ve.'E.leh	and these	H428 →
מוֹשְׁבוֹתָ֔ם	mo.she.vo.Tam	[were] dwelling places their	H4186 →
לְטִירוֹתָ֖ם	le.ti.ro.Tam	to encampments their	H2918 →
בִּגְבוּלָ֑ם	big.vu.Lam	in territory their	H1366 →
לִבְנֵ֤י	liv.Nei	to [the] descendants of	H1121 →
אַהֲרֹן֙	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
לְמִשְׁפַּחַ֣ת	le.mish.pa.Chat	to [the] clan of	H4940 →
הַקְּהָתִ֔י	ha.ke.ha.Ti	the Kohathite[s]	H6956 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	to them
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	it belonged	H1961 →
הַגּוֹרָֽל׃	ha.go.Ral	the lot	H1486 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 25:16
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
leads to
- Genesis 17:20
  As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make…
- Genesis 17:23
  On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God…
Through
Joshua 21:10
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:
leads to
- Joshua 21:4
  The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
- Numbers 3:27
  From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
- Numbers 4:2
  “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
- Numbers 3:2–4
  These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Exodus 6:18
  The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
Through
Numbers 31:10
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
leads to
- Joshua 6:24
  Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.