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1 Chronicles 6:57

in 1 Chronicles 6

So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

KJV

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

This verse in 1 Chronicles 6

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

for theirs was the lot

on 1 Chronicles 6:54-60

The priests receive Hebron first, a city of refuge already bound to Caleb's conquest in Joshua, its fields kept for Caleb's own family while the town and its suburbs went to Aaron's sons. Twelve more towns across Judah, Simeon and Benjamin round out the priests' thirteen cities, a roster Gill sets beside Joshua 21 and finds matching with only a few names spelled differently.

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

18 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.

  • וְלִבְנֵ֣יand to [the] descendants of

    velivneiH11214930 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֗ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175347 times

  • נָתְנוּ֙people gave

    natenuH54142011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • עָרֵ֣י[the] cities of

    ʾareiH58921090 times

  • הַמִּקְלָ֔ט<the> refuge

    hamiklatH4733

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • חֶבְר֥וֹןHebron

    chevronH227572 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • לִבְנָ֖הLibnah

    livnahH3841

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָpasture lands its

    migrasheihaH4054119 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • יַתִּ֥רJattir

    yatirH3492

  • וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • אֶשְׁתְּמֹ֖עַEshtemoa

    ʾeshtemoa'H8516 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃pasture lands its

    migrasheihaH4054119 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

    Joshua 10:29

    Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:13

      So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,

    • Joshua 15:42

      Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

    • Numbers 33:20

      They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

    • 2 Kings 8:22

      So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

    • Joshua 6:21

      At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 4:17

    The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 4:19

      The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

    • Joshua 15:50

      Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,

    • 1 Samuel 30:28

      to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.