1 Chronicles 6:54

(6-39) Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

53(6-38) Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

55(6-40) to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land round about it;

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Cross References

Genesis 25:16these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.

Numbers 35:1And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:

Joshua 21:3And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of the LORD, these cities with the open land about them.

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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