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1 Chronicles 6:78

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From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,

KJV

And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

which were left of the family

on 1 Chronicles 6:61-81

The rest of the Levites receive their portion by lot from the remaining tribes: Kohath's remainder from Ephraim and half of Manasseh, Gershom's from Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Bashan, and Merari's from Reuben, Gad and Zebulun, closing the record of a tribe with no territory of its own. Henry notes that every region of Israel kept a Levite's city inside it, so that no part of the land lacked someone to teach the law. Among Kohath's grant stand cities of refuge such as Shechem, folding the sanctuary and the place of safety into the same set of towns.

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 Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

they gave unto them of the cities of refuge--The names of the cities given here are considerably different from those applied to them (Jos 21:13-19).

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The words behind it

16 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.

  • וּמֵעֵ֜בֶרand from [the] other side

    umeeverH5676 →90 times

  • לְיַרְדֵּ֣ןof [the] Jordan

    leyardenH3383 →182 times

  • יְרֵחוֹ֮of Jericho

    yerechoH3405 →

  • לְמִזְרַ֣חto [the] east of

    lemizrachH4217 →74 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּן֒the Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • מִמַּטֵּ֣הfrom [the] tribe of

    mimatehH4294 →252 times

  • רְאוּבֵ֔ןReuben

    reuvenH7205 →72 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֶּ֥צֶרBezer

    betzerH1221 →

  • בַּמִּדְבָּ֖רin the wilderness

    bamidbarH4057 →270 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָpasture lands its

    migrasheihaH4054 →119 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יַ֖הְצָהJahaz <towards>

    yahtzahH3096 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃pasture lands its

    migrasheihaH4054 →119 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    Joshua 20:8

    And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:36

      From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,

    • Joshua 21:27

      This 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…

    • Joshua 21:38

      And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,

    • 1 Chronicles 6:80

      And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

    • 1 Kings 22:6

      So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will…

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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