1 Chronicles 6:54 “Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron fr…”

1 Chronicles 6:54

Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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),

American Standard Version

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),

Geneva Bible 1599

And these are the dwelling places of them throughout their townes and coastes, euen of the sonnes of Aaron for the familie of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.

Darby Translation

And these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot;

Young's Literal Translation

And these [are] their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot;

Bible in Basic English

Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, because they had the first selection,

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Cross references

“A. M. 2561. B.C. 1443. these are”

Numbers 35:1–8 Joshua 21:3–8

Numbers 35:1–8 · BSB

Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

Joshua 21:3–8 · BSB

So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

“castles”

Genesis 25:16

Genesis 25:16 · BSB

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

“of the families”

Joshua 21:4 Joshua 21:5

Joshua 21:4 · BSB

The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Joshua 21:5 · BSB

The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Also

Numbers 31:10 Joshua 21:10

Numbers 31:10 · BSB

Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,

Joshua 21:10 · BSB

to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

53Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.

55They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

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