1 Chronicles 6:63

The descendants of Merari, by family, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

In Context

62The descendants of Gershon, by family, received thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali, and from the partial tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

64So the people of Israel gave the Levites these towns and their pasturelands.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:20Merari's sons by family were Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of the Levites, according to their father's line.

Joshua 21:7The families of the descendants of Merari were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

1 Chronicles 6:77The rest of the descendants of Merari received the following. From the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono, and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;

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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