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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 6:61 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 6:61 |
King James |
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
unto the sons of Kohath, which were left--that is, in addition to the priests belonging to the same family and tribe of Levi.
by lot, ten cities-- (Jos 21:26). The sacred historian gives an explanation (Ch1 6:66). Eight of these are mentioned, but only two of them are taken out of the half tribe of Manasseh (Ch1 6:70). The names of the other two are given (Jos 21:21), where full and detailed notices of these arrangements may be found. |
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.