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To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the <i>first</i> lot),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the <i>first</i> lot),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for the lot was theirs <i>first</i>),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the <i>first</i> allocation by lot)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These were the places assigned to Aaron&#8217s sons from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Aaron's descendants belonged to the Levite clan of Kohath, and they were the first group chosen to receive towns to live in. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These are the places where Levi's descendants lived, the places where they settled in the territory chosen for them when lots were drawn: The [first] lot was drawn for the descendants of Aaron from the family descended from Kohath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This is the territory assigned to the descendants of Aaron of the clan of Kohath. They received the first share of the land assigned to the Levites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These are the settlement locations allotted within their borders to Aaron's descendants in the Kohathite clan since the lot was cast in their favor first. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />These were the areas where Aaron's descendants lived: The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now these are their dwelling-places throughout their castles in their limits, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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), <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And these [are] their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for the lot was theirs;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And these their dwellings for their walls in their bound to the sons of Aaron to the families to the Kohathites: for to them was the lot.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And these are their habitations according to the villages and confines, specifically of the sons of Aaron, according to the kindred of the Kohathites. For it fell to them by lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The following were their dwelling places, by encampments in their territories. To the sons of Aaron who belonged to the clan of the Kohathites, since the lot fell to them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of Kohathites—for the lot fell to them first—<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now these are the names of the cities which they were assigned for the families throughout their boundaries, to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites; for theirs was the first lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these are the names of the cities that came to the families in their borders: to the children of Aaron, the family of Qahath, because to them the first lot arrived.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these <i>are</i> their residences in their villages, in their coasts, to the sons of Aaron, to their family the Caathites: for they had the lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=1956" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/6.htm">Territories for the Levites</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">54</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">Now these were</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: biḡ·ḇū·lām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">the territories</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·nê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">assigned to the descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">of Aaron</a> <a href="/hebrew/6956.htm" title="6956: haq·qə·hā·ṯî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Kohath. Patronymically from Qhath; a Kohathite or descendants of Kehath.">from the Kohathite</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: lə·miš·pa·ḥaṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">clan</a> <a href="/hebrew/4186.htm" title="4186: mō·wō·šə·ḇō·w·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Or moshab; from yashab; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode; by implication, population.">for their settlements,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2918.htm" title="2918: lə·ṭî·rō·w·ṯām (Prep-l:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Encampment, battlement. Feminine of tuwr; a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/1486.htm" title="1486: hag·gō·w·rāl (Art:: N-ms) -- Or goral; from an unused root meaning to be rough; properly, a pebble, i.e. A lot; figuratively, a portion or destiny.">the first lot</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">fell</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">to them:</a> </span><span class="reftext">55</span>They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Joshua 21:1-42</a></span><br />Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel / at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.” / So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/35-1.htm">Numbers 35:1-8</a></span><br />Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: / “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. / The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-1.htm">Deuteronomy 18:1-8</a></span><br />The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance. / Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them. / This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-32.htm">Leviticus 25:32-34</a></span><br />As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess. / So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites. / But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-1.htm">1 Chronicles 6:1-15</a></span><br />The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. / The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. / The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">1 Chronicles 6:31-48</a></span><br />These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. / They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them. / These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-10.htm">1 Chronicles 9:10-13</a></span><br />From the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin; / Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple; / Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-15.htm">2 Chronicles 31:15-19</a></span><br />Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike. / In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions— / and to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their responsibilities and divisions. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/11-10.htm">Nehemiah 11:10-14</a></span><br />From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin; / Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God; / and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-1.htm">Nehemiah 12:1-26</a></span><br />Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, / Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, / Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-28.htm">Ezekiel 44:28-31</a></span><br />In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession. / They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. / The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-10.htm">Matthew 10:10</a></span><br />Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-7.htm">Luke 10:7</a></span><br />Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13-14</a></span><br />Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a></span><br />Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/35-1.htm">Numbers 35:1-8</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan <i>near</i> Jericho, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/21-3.htm">Joshua 21:3-8</a></b></br> And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs… </p><p class="hdg">castles.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/25-16.htm">Genesis 25:16</a></b></br> These <i>are</i> the sons of Ishmael, and these <i>are</i> their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Numbers 31:10</a></b></br> And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25</a></b></br> Let their habitation be desolate; <i>and</i> let none dwell in their tents.</p><p class="hdg">of the families.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/21-4.htm">Joshua 21:4,5</a></b></br> And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, <i>which were</i> of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities… </p><p class="hdg">for their's.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/21-4.htm">1 Chronicles 21:4</a></b></br> Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/6-50.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-26.htm">Allotted</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-48.htm">Assigned</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-16.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/1_samuel/29-1.htm">Camps</a> <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Castles</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-27.htm">Clan</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-16.htm">Coasts</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-50.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-32.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/genesis/36-43.htm">Dwelling-Places</a> <a href="/numbers/31-10.htm">Encampments</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-19.htm">Families</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-13.htm">First</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-18.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-33.htm">Kohathite</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-33.htm">Kohathites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-33.htm">Ko'hathites</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-41.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-32.htm">Places</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-13.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-33.htm">Settlements</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-10.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-10.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-23.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-10.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-8.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/6-57.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-61.htm">Allotted</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-22.htm">Assigned</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-66.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-18.htm">Camps</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-25.htm">Castles</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-62.htm">Clan</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-66.htm">Coasts</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-57.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-16.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-28.htm">Dwelling-Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Encampments</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-60.htm">Families</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-2.htm">First</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-60.htm">Kohathite</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-32.htm">Kohathites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-61.htm">Ko'hathites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-61.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-56.htm">Places</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-28.htm">Settlements</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-18.htm">Tents</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-66.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-9.htm">Theirs</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-60.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-1.htm">The sons of Levi.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-4.htm">The line of Eleazar unto the captivity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-16.htm">The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">49. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-49.htm">The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">54. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">The cities of the priests and Levites.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase highlights the special inheritance given to Aaron's descendants, emphasizing their unique role in Israel's religious life. The allocation of territories to the priestly families underscores the importance of providing for those who serve in the temple, as they did not receive a land inheritance like the other tribes (<a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a>).<p><b>from the Kohathite clan</b><br>The Kohathites were one of the three main divisions of the Levites, alongside the Gershonites and Merarites. The Kohathites had the most sacred duties, including the care of the Ark of the Covenant and other holy items (<a href="/numbers/4-4.htm">Numbers 4:4-15</a>). Aaron's descendants, as part of the Kohathite clan, were given specific cities and lands to support their priestly functions, reflecting their elevated status among the Levites.<p><b>for their settlements</b><br>The term "settlements" refers to the cities and surrounding pasturelands allocated to the Levites. Unlike other tribes, the Levites did not receive a contiguous territory but were given cities scattered throughout Israel (<a href="/joshua/21.htm">Joshua 21:1-42</a>). This distribution allowed them to perform their religious duties and teach the Law across the nation, ensuring that worship and instruction were accessible to all Israelites.<p><b>because the first lot fell to them</b><br>The casting of lots was a common biblical method for making decisions, believed to reflect God's will (<a href="/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33</a>). The first lot falling to the descendants of Aaron signifies their priority and preeminence among the Levites. This allocation was in accordance with God's command to provide for the priests, who were dedicated to His service (<a href="/deuteronomy/18.htm">Deuteronomy 18:1-2</a>). The process of casting lots for land distribution is also seen in the broader context of dividing the Promised Land among the tribes (<a href="/joshua/14.htm">Joshua 14:1-2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/sons_of_aaron.htm">Sons of Aaron</a></b><br>Descendants of Aaron, the brother of Moses, who were appointed as priests in Israel. They were given specific cities and lands as their inheritance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/kohathite_clan.htm">Kohathite Clan</a></b><br>A division of the Levites, descendants of Kohath, one of Levi's sons. The Kohathites had specific duties related to the tabernacle and later the temple.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/settlements_and_territory.htm">Settlements and Territory</a></b><br>Refers to the specific areas allocated to the Levites, particularly the Kohathites, as their dwelling places. These were distributed by casting lots, a common biblical method for determining God's will.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/casting_lots.htm">Casting Lots</a></b><br>A practice used in ancient Israel to make decisions or distribute land, believed to reflect divine choice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/inheritance.htm">Inheritance</a></b><br>The concept of land and cities being given as a perpetual possession to the Levites, emphasizing their role and provision by God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Provision and Faithfulness</a></b><br>God provides for His people, ensuring that the priests and Levites had a place to live and serve. This reflects His faithfulness to His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priesthood.htm">The Role of the Priesthood</a></b><br>The allocation of land to the sons of Aaron underscores the importance of the priesthood in Israel. It reminds us of the spiritual leadership and service required of those called to minister.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_order_and_structure.htm">Divine Order and Structure</a></b><br>The use of lots to distribute land highlights the order and structure God established for His people. It teaches us to seek God's guidance in our decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inheritance_in_christ.htm">Inheritance in Christ</a></b><br>Just as the Levites received their inheritance, believers have an inheritance in Christ. This encourages us to live with an eternal perspective.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(54-81) The Levitical cities, beginning with those of the Aavonites, the principal branch of the Kohathite clan. This list deals with the same topic as <a href="/context/joshua/21-3.htm" title="And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.">Joshua 21:3-40</a>, with which, upon the whole, it is in substantial agreement. <a href="/context/1_chronicles/6-54.htm" title="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.">1Chronicles 6:54-60</a> are parallel to <a href="/context/joshua/21-10.htm" title="Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.">Joshua 21:10-19</a>.<p>(54) Render, "And these were their seats according to their encampments within their border." This, as the heading to all that follows, should be stopped off therefrom. It does not occur in Joshua 21, and may indicate an intermediate source used by the chronicler. The variant spellings of proper names, many of which are not mere copyists' blunders, point in the same direction.<p><span class= "bld">Of the sons of Aaron.</span>--Rather, "to the sons of Aaron, of the clan of the Kohathites--for to them had fallen the lot--they gave to them Hebron," &c. <a href="/joshua/21-10.htm" title="Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.">Joshua 21:10</a> has, "for to them the lot had fallen first."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 54-81.</span> - The writer returns upon his steps to give the cities and dwelling-places of the Levites, beginning with the priestly members of the Kohathite line (vers. 54-61), then taking those of the Gershomite (ver. 62) and Merarite lines (vers. 63-65) in order; and again in the same order disposing of the members not priestly (vers. 66-70; 71-76; 77-81) of the same three branches. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 54-61, 64-70.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And these are their dwellings according to their enclosures in their territories</span>, <span class="hebrew">טִירותָם</span> means the <span class="accented">settlements</span> of whatever people in question, surrounded and protected by whatever fence or defence customary. <span class="cmt_word">For theirs was the lot</span> is more intelligible with the addition of the word "first," supplied in Joshua 31:10, <span class="accented">i.e. theirs was the first lot.</span> The whole drift of the present passage, with the remainder of the chapter, is made entirely plain by <a href="/numbers/35-1.htm">Numbers 35:1-8</a> and <a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Joshua 21:1-10</a>. But the omission and the alteration of individual names of places occasion some delay. Our ver. 55 is given somewhat more fully in <a href="/joshua/21-11.htm">Joshua 21:11</a>; our ver. 56 is identical with <a href="/joshua/21-12.htm">Joshua 21:12</a>; and our vers. 57-60 correspond substantially with <a href="/joshua/21-13.htm">Joshua 21:13-19</a>, but from this latter source we are glad to supply the two names Juttah and Gibeon, without which we cannot add up correctly the <span class="cmt_word">thirteen cities</span> of ver. 60. Also in Joshua, our <span class="cmt_word">Hilen, Ashan</span>, and <span class="cmt_word">Alemsth</span> appear as <span class="accented">Holon</span>, <span class="accented">Ain</span>, and <span class="accented">Almon</span> respectively, although in regard to the intermediate name of these three the places cannot be accepted as identical, for they are mentioned side by side in <a href="/joshua/19-7.htm">Joshua 19:7</a> and in <a href="/1_chronicles/4-32.htm">1 Chronicles 4:32</a>, but we must admit an error involved. Ver. 56 (see <a href="/joshua/14-14.htm">Joshua 14:14</a>; <a href="/joshua/21-12.htm">Joshua 21:12</a>). Ver. 61 seems to be an anticipation of vers. 66-70, with which verses, if we incorporate it, we shall obtain substantially the same results as are found in <a href="/joshua/21-5.htm">Joshua 21:5, 20-26</a>; but again we are glad of the latter source to supply for us the two places, Eltekeh and Gibbethon, necessary to enable us to count up the <span class="cmt_word">ten cities</span> of our ver. 61, while our <span class="cmt_word">Jokmeam, Aner</span>, and <span class="cmt_word">Bileam</span> appear as probably the corrected readings of <span class="accented">Kibzaim</span>, <span class="accented">Tanach</span>, and <span class="accented">Gath-rimmon</span> respectively in Joshua. The sons of Kohath.., left (ver. 61), the residue (Authorized Version, ver. 66), the remnant (ver. 70), point (as above) to the non-priestly descendants in the Kohath line. Summing up, we see that the Kohathite <span class="accented">priests</span> had thirteen cities from the allotments of Judah and Simeon and Benjamin, and the Ko-hathite non-priests had ten, from Ephraim, Dan, and West Manasseh. One might detect in all this some germ of the more modern parochial system, so far at least as regards the distributed residence of a clerical and ministerial order, though not with sacred buildings similarly distributed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now these [were]</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the territories</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּגְבוּלָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(biḡ·ḇū·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">assigned to the descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבְנֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(liḇ·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Aaron</span><br /><span class="heb">אַהֲרֹן֙</span> <span class="translit">(’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the Kohathite</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקְּהָתִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qə·hā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6956.htm">Strong's 6956: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kohathites -- descendant of Kohath</span><br /><br /><span class="word">clan</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמִשְׁפַּחַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·miš·pa·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4940.htm">Strong's 4940: </a> </span><span class="str2">A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for their settlements,</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹשְׁבוֹתָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(mō·wō·šə·ḇō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4186.htm">Strong's 4186: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the first lot</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹרָֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·rāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1486.htm">Strong's 1486: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lot -- a lot (for casting)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fell</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them:</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">1 Chronicles 6:54 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 6:54 Now these are their dwelling places according (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-53.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 6:53"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 6:53" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-55.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 6:55"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 6:55" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>