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1 Chronicles 6:62

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The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

KJV

And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6

Commentary

1 note on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

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The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלִבְנֵ֨יand to [the] descendants of

    velivneiH1121 →4930 times

  • גֵרְשׁ֜וֹםGershom

    gereshomH1647 →13 times

  • לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗םto clans their

    lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times

  • מִמַּטֵּ֣הfrom [the] tribe of

    mimatehH4294 →252 times

  • יִ֠שָׂשכָרIssachar

    yisoshkhorH3485 →43 times

  • וּמִמַּטֵּ֨הand from [the] tribe of

    umimatehH4294 →252 times

  • אָשֵׁ֜רAsher

    ʾasherH836 →43 times

  • וּמִמַּטֵּ֣הand from [the] tribe of

    umimatehH4294 →252 times

  • נַפְתָּלִ֗יNaphtali

    naftaliH5321 →51 times

  • וּמִמַּטֵּ֤הand from [the] tribe of

    umimatehH4294 →252 times

  • מְנַשֶּׁה֙Manasseh

    menashehH4519 →146 times

  • בַּבָּשָׁ֔ןin <the> Bashan

    babashanH1316 →60 times

  • עָרִ֖יםcities

    ʾarimH5892 →1090 times

  • שְׁלֹ֥שׁthir-

    sheloshH7969 →432 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ סteen

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 21:27–33This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.2 works1 Chronicles 6:71–76The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.2 worksExodus 2:22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”2 worksJoshua 21:6The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 2:22

    And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 11:13–14

      All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the…

    • Acts 7:29

      At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

    • Exodus 22:21

      You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

    • 1 Chronicles 29:15

      For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

    • 1 Chronicles 16:20

      they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

Where this verse is studied

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King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
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