1 Chronicles 6:64
in 1 Chronicles 6So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
KJV
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
1 note on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ | vaiyitenu | and they gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לַלְוִיִּ֑ם | lalviyim | to the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הֶעָרִ֖ים | hearim | the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ | migresheihem | pasture lands their | H4054 → | 119 times |
וַיִּתְּנ֥וּand they gave
vaiyitenuH5414 →2011 times
בְנֵי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לַלְוִיִּ֑םto the Levites
lalviyimH3881 →291 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הֶעָרִ֖יםthe cities
hearimH5892 →1090 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃pasture lands their
migresheihemH4054 →119 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach 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
Joshua 21:3So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
it leads to
- Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54–81
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:
- Deuteronomy 33:8–10
Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
- Genesis 49:7
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