2 Chronicles 31:19 BSB

2 Chronicles 31:19

As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around each of their cities or in any other city, men were designated by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed by the genealogies.

BSB

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ASV

Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, that were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men that were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.

KJV

Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The country priests and Levites are here distinguished from those who dwelt in the towns. The writer means to note that not even were they neglected.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלִבְנֵי֩	ve.liv.Nei	and to [the] descendants of	H1121 →
אַהֲרֹ֨ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
בִּשְׂדֵ֨י	bis.Dei	in [the] fields of	H7704 →
מִגְרַ֤שׁ	mig.Rash	[the] pasture land of	H4054 →
עָרֵיהֶם֙	'a.rei.Hem	cities their	H5892 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	[were] in every	H3605 →
עִ֣יר	'ir	city	H5892 →
וָעִ֔יר	va.'Ir	and a city	H5892 →
אֲנָשִׁ֕ים	'a.na.Shim	men	H582 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
נִקְּב֖וּ	ni.ke.Vu	they had been designated	H5344 →
בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת	be.she.Mot	by names	H8034 →
לָתֵ֣ת	la.Tet	to distribute	H5414 →
מָנ֗וֹת	ma.Not	portions	H4490 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	to every	H3605 →
זָכָר֙	za.Khar	male	H2145 →
בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים	ba.Ko.ha.Nim	among the priests	H3548 →
וּלְכָל־	u.le.khol-	and to all	H3605 →
הִתְיַחֵ֖שׂ	hit.ya.Ches	[the] genealogical enrolment	H3187 →
בַּלְוִיִּֽם׃	bal.vi.Yim	among the Levites	H3881 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 28:15
Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:3
  the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
- Proverbs 25:21–22
  If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
- 2 Kings 6:22
  “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return…
- Judges 1:16
  Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live…
- James 2:15–16
  Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
Through
1 Chronicles 6:60
And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
leads to
- Jeremiah 1:1
  These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
Through
Leviticus 25:34
But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.
leads to
- Leviticus 25:23
  The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
- Acts 4:36–37
  Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),