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1 Chronicles 6:63

in 1 Chronicles 6

The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

KJV

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.

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

13 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.

  • לִבְנֵ֨יto [the] descendants of

    livneiH1121 →4930 times

  • מְרָרִ֜יMerari

    merariH4847 →36 times

  • לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗םto clans their

    lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times

  • מִמַּטֵּ֣הfrom [the] tribe of

    mimatehH4294 →252 times

  • רְ֠אוּבֵןReuben

    reuvenH7205 →72 times

  • וּֽמִמַּטֵּה־and from [the] tribe of

    umimateh-H4294 →252 times

  • גָ֞דGad

    gadH1410 →72 times

  • וּמִמַּטֵּ֤הand from [the] tribe of

    umimatehH4294 →252 times

  • זְבוּלֻן֙Zebulun

    zevulunH2074 →45 times

  • בַּגּוֹרָ֔לby the lot

    bagoralH1486 →78 times

  • עָרִ֖יםcities

    ʾarimH5892 →1090 times

  • שְׁתֵּ֥יםtwo [plus]

    sheteimH8147 →768 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃ten

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

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

The walk

8 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

    Numbers 3:20

    And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 6:19

      The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 6:19

      The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

  • Through

    Genesis 46:11

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 29:34

      Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named…

    • 1 Chronicles 6:1–3

      The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    • Numbers 4:1–49

      Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

    • 1 Chronicles 6:16

      The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

    • Exodus 6:16

      These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

  • Through

    Joshua 21:7

    And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:34–40

      This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given:

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

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

This page draws on Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.