1 Chronicles 6:66

And to the families of the sons of Kohath were given towns by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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In The King James Version

And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

In Context

65And they gave by the Lord's decision out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these towns whose names are given.

67And they gave them the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its outskirts, and Gezer with its outskirts,

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Cross References

Joshua 21:20The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:55-81

The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1444.) 54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs,… Read the whole commentary →

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