1 Chronicles 6:78
(6-63) and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
79(6-64) and Kedemoth with the open land about it, and Mephaath with the open land about it;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:41Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
Joshua 21:36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with the open land about it, and Jahaz with the open land about it;
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 →