1 Chronicles 6:54

These were the places they were given to live as their territory allotted to descendants of Aaron, beginning with the Kohathite clan, because theirs was the first lot:

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

53Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.

55They received Hebron in Judah together with its surrounding pasturelands.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:16These were the sons of Ishmael, and these became the names of the places where they lived and camped—the twelve family rulers of their tribes.

Numbers 35:1The Lord spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho. He told him,

Joshua 21:3So, following the Lord's instructions, the Israelites gave towns and pastures to the Levites from their own allocations.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:32-54

Genealogies. ( b. c. 1015.) 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord , after that the ark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 34 The son… Read the whole commentary →

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