1 Chronicles 6:63

To Merari's descendants they gave twelve cities, clan by clan, 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

62To Gershon's descendants in their various clans were given thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

64So the people of Israel gave these cities with their pasturelands to the Levites.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:20The clans coming from Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, listed clan by clan.

Joshua 21:7The people who were descendants of Merari, clan by clan, received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

1 Chronicles 6:77The rest of Merari's descendants received from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, + 6:77 The names Jokneam and Kartah are not found in the MT but are in the LXX. Compare the list in Josh. 21:34. and Rimmono with its pasturelands and Tabor with its 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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