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6:42 son <01121> of Ethan <0387>, son <01121> of Zimmah <02155>, son <01121> of Shimei <08096>, 6:43 son <01121> of Jahath <03189>, son <01121> of Gershom <01647>, son <01121> of Levi <03878>. 6:44 Serving beside <08040> them were their fellow <0251> Levites, the descendants <01121> of Merari <04847>, led by Ethan <0387>, son <01121> of Kishi <07029>, son <01121> of Abdi <05660>, son <01121> of Malluch <04409>, 6:45 son <01121> of Hashabiah <02811>, son <01121> of Amaziah <0558>, son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>, 6:46 son <01121> of Amzi <0557>, son <01121> of Bani <01137>, son <01121> of Shemer <08106>, 6:47 son <01121> of Mahli <04249>, son <01121> of Mushi <04187>, son <01121> of Merari <04847>, son <01121> of Levi <03878>. 6:48 The rest of their fellow <0251> Levites <03881> were assigned <05414> to perform the remaining <03605> tasks <05656> at God’s <0430> sanctuary <01004> <04908>. 6:49 But Aaron <0175> and his descendants <01121> offered sacrifices <06999> on <05921> the altar <04196> for burnt offerings <05930> and on <05921> the altar <04196> for incense <07004> as they had been assigned <04399> to do in the most holy <06944> sanctuary <06944>. They made atonement <03722> for <05921> Israel <03478>, just <0834> as God’s <0430> servant <05650> Moses <04872> had ordered <06680>. 6:50 These <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>: His son <01121> Eleazar <0499>, his son <01121> Phinehas <06372>, his son <01121> Abishua <050>, 6:51 his son <01121> Bukki <01231>, his son <01121> Uzzi <05813>, his son <01121> Zerahiah <02228>, 6:52 his son Meraioth <04812>, his son <01121> Amariah <0568>, his son <01121> <01121> Ahitub <0285>, 6:53 his son <01121> Zadok <06659>, and his son <01121> Ahimaaz <0290>. 6:54 These <0428> were the areas where <04186> Aaron’s <0175> descendants <01121> lived <04186>: The following belonged to the Kohathite <06956> clan <04940>, for <03588> they <01992> received <01961> the first allotment <01486>: 6:55 They <01992> were allotted <05414> Hebron <02275> in the territory <0776> of Judah <03063>, as well as its surrounding <05439> pasturelands <04054>. 6:56 (But the city’s <05892> land <07704> and nearby towns <02691> were allotted <05414> to Caleb <03612> son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312>.) 6:57 The descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175> were also allotted <05414> as cities <05892> of refuge <04733> Hebron <02275>, Libnah <03841> and its pasturelands <04054>, Jattir <03492>, Eshtemoa <0851> and its pasturelands <04054>, 6:58 Hilez <02432> and its pasturelands <04054>, Debir <01688> and its pasturelands <04054>, 6:59 Ashan <06228> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Beth Shemesh <01053> and its pasturelands <04054>. 6:60 Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Benjamin <01144> they were allotted Geba <01387> and its pasturelands <04054>, Alemeth <05964> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Anathoth <06068> and its pasturelands <04054>. Their clans <04940> were allotted thirteen <06240> <07969> cities <05892> in all <03605>. 6:61 The rest <03498> of Kohath’s <06955> descendants <01121> were allotted <01486> ten <06235> cities <05892> in the territory <04940> of the half-tribe <04276> <04294> of Manasseh <04519>. 6:62 The clans <04940> of Gershom’s <01647> descendants <01121> received thirteen <06240> <07969> cities <05892> within the territory of the tribes <04294> of Issachar <03485>, Asher <0836>, Naphtali <05321>, and Manasseh <04519> (in Bashan <01316>). 6:63 The clans <04940> of Merari’s <04847> descendants <01121> were allotted <01486> twelve <06240> <08147> cities <05892> within the territory of the tribes <04294> <04294> of Reuben <07205>, Gad <01410>, and Zebulun <02074>. 6:64 So the Israelites <03478> <01121> gave <05414> to the Levites <03881> these cities <05892> and <0854> their pasturelands <04054>. 6:65 They allotted <01486> these <0428> previously named <08034> cities <05892> from the territory of the tribes <04294> of Judah <03063> <01121>, Simeon <08095> <01121>, and Benjamin <01144> <01121>. 6:66 The clans <04940> of Kohath’s <06955> descendants <01121> also received territory <01366> <05892> within the tribe <04294> of Ephraim <0669>. 6:67 They were allotted <05414> as cities <05892> of refuge <04733> Shechem <07927> and its pasturelands <04054> (in the hill country <02022> of Ephraim <0669>), Gezer <01507> and its pasturelands <04054>, 6:68 Jokmeam <03361> and its pasturelands <04054>, Beth Horon <01032> and its pasturelands <04054>, 6:69 Aijalon <0357> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Gath Rimmon <01667> and its pasturelands <04054>. 6:70 Within the territory of the half-tribe <04294> <04276> of Manasseh <04519>, the rest of Kohath’s <06955> descendants <01121> received <03498> Aner <06063> and its pasturelands <04054> and Bileam <01109> and its pasturelands <04054>. 6:71 The following belonged to Gershom’s <01647> descendants <01121>: Within the territory <04940> of the half-tribe <04294> <02677> of Manasseh <04519>: Golan <01474> in Bashan <01316> and its pasturelands <04054> and Ashtaroth <06252> and its <0853> pasturelands <04054>. 6:72 Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Issachar <03485>: Kedesh <06943> and its pasturelands <04054>, Daberath <01705> and its pasturelands <04054>, 6:73 Ramoth <07216> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Anem <06046> and its pasturelands <04054>. 6:74 Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Asher <0836>: Mashal <04913> and its pasturelands <04054>, Abdon <05658> and its pasturelands <04054>, 6:75 Hukok <02712> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Rehob <07340> and its pasturelands <04054>. 6:76 Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Naphtali <05321>: Kedesh <06943> in Galilee <01551> and its pasturelands <04054>, Hammon <02540> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Kiriathaim <07156> and its pasturelands <04054>. 6:77 The following belonged to the rest <03498> of Merari’s <04847> descendants <01121>: Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Zebulun <02074>: Rimmono <07417> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Tabor <08396> and its pasturelands <04054>. 6:78 Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Reuben <07205> across <05676> the Jordan River <03383> <03383> east <04217> of Jericho <03405>: Bezer <01221> in the desert <04057> and its pasturelands <04054>, Jahzah <03096> and its pasturelands <04054>, 6:79 Kedemoth <06932> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Mephaath <04158> and its pasturelands <04054>. 6:80 Within the territory of the tribe <04294> of Gad <01410>: Ramoth <07216> in Gilead <01568> and its pasturelands <04054>, Mahanaim <04266> and its pasturelands <04054>, 6:81 Heshbon <02809> and its pasturelands <04054>, and Jazer <03270> and its pasturelands <04054>.

• 1Ch 6:31-81 -- Professional Musicians

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• ABIASAPH

  [isbe] ABIASAPH - a-bi'-a-saf, ab-i-a'-saf ('abhi-'acaph, "my father has gathered"): A descendant of Kohath the son of Levi (Ex 6:24; 1 Ch 6:23,37 (8,22); 9:19). In Chronicles the name is 'ebh-yacaph, which seems to be a mere varia...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• PHINEES

  [isbe] PHINEES - fin'-e-es (Phinees; Codex Vaticanus (Swete), Pheinees (1 Esdras 8:2)): (1) Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron (1 Esdras 5:5; 8:2,29; 2 Esdras 1:2; 1 Macc 2:26; Sirach 45:23). (2) The father of Achias and son of...
  

• Jacob

  [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
  

• Polygamy

  [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
  

• Levites

  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• PALESTINE, 2

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 2 - III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains...
  

• GERSHON; GERSHONITES

  [isbe] GERSHON; GERSHONITES - gur'-shon, gur'-shon-its (gereshon, written also gereshom): Firstborn of the 3 sons of Levi (Ex 6:16; Nu 3:17; 1 Ch 6:1,16 m; 23:6). He had two sons, Libni, also known as Ladan (1 Ch 23:7; 26:21), and ...
  

• MERARI

  [isbe] MERARI - me-ra'-ri (merari, "bitter"; Mararei): (1) The 3rd son of Levi, his brothers, Gershon and Kohath, being always mentioned together with him (Gen 46:11; Ex 6:16 ff). He was among those 70 who went down to Egypt with J...
  

• GERSHOM

  [ebd] expulsion. (1.) The eldest son of Levi (1 Chr. 6:16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71; 15:7)=GERSHON (q.v.). (2.) The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex. 2:22; 18:3). On his way to Egypt with his family, in obedience...
  [isbe] GERSHOM - gur'-shom (gereshom, from garash, "to cast out"; explained, however, in Ex 2:22 and 18:3 as from gur, "For he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land"): (1) Firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The only det...
  [smith] (a stranger or exile). The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah. (Exodus 2:22; 18:3) (B.C. 1530.) The form under which the name GERSHON--the eldest son of Levi--is given in several passages of Chronicles, viz., (1 Chronic...
  

• Ethan

  [ebd] firm. (1.) "The Ezrahite," distinguished for his wisdom (1 Kings 4:31). He is named as the author of the 89th Psalm. He was of the tribe of Levi. (2.) A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the leaders of the temple music ...
  [isbe] ETHAN - e'-than ('ethan, "firm," "enduring"; Gaithan): (1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared (1 Ki 4:31). Called there "Ethan the Ezrahite," to whom the title of Ps 89 ascribes the authorship of that poem. (2) A "son ...
  [smith] (enduring). Ethan the Ezrahite, one of the four sons of Mahol, whose wisdom was excelled by Solomon. (1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chronicles 2:6) His name is in the title of (Psalms 89:1) Son of Kishi or Kushaiah; a Merarite Levit...
  [nave] ETHAN 1. A renowned sage, 1 Kin. 4:31. See title, Psa. 89. 2. Son of Zerah, 1 Chr. 2:6, 8. 3. Two Levites, 1 Chr. 6:42, 44; 15:17, 19.
  

• Gath-rimmon

  [ebd] press of the pomegranate. (1.) A Levitical city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:45; 21:24; 1 Chr. 6:69). (2.) Another city of the same name in Manasseh, west of the Jordan (Josh. 21:25), called also Bileam (1 Chr. 6:70).
  [isbe] GATH-RIMMON - gath-rim'-un (gath rimmon, "winepress of Rimmon"): (1) A city in the territory of Dan named with Bene-berak and Me-jarkon, in the plain not far from Joppa (Josh 19:45), assigned to the Kohathite Levites (Josh 2...
  [nave] GATH-RIMMON 1. A Levitical city of Dan, Josh. 19:45. 2. A city of Manasseh, Josh. 21:24, 25; 1 Chr. 6:69. Called also Bileam, 1 Chr. 6:70.
  

• EGYPT

  [isbe] EGYPT - e'-jipt: I. THE COUNTRY 1. The Basis of the Land 2. The Nile Valley 3. Earliest Human Remains 4. Climate 5. Conditions of Life 6. The Nile 7. The Fauna 8. The Flora 9. The Prehistoric Races II. THE HISTORY 1. 1st and...
  

• Jokmeam

  [ebd] gathering of the people, a city of Ephraim, which was given with its suburbs to the Levites (1 Chr. 6:68). It lay somewhere in the Jordan valley (1 Kings 4:12, R.V.; but in A.V. incorrectly "Jokneam").
  [isbe] JOKMEAM - jok'-me-am (yoqme`am): A town in Mt. Ephraim assigned to the Kohathite Levites (1 Ch 6:68), named along with Gezer and Beth-horon. Its place is taken by Kibzaim in Josh 21:22 (in Septuagint here the name is omitted...
  [smith] (gathered by the people), a city of Ephraim, given with its suburbs to a Kohathite Levites. (1 Chronicles 6:68) The situation of Jokmeam (in Authorized Version JOKNEAM) is to a certain extent indicated in (1 Kings 4:12)...
  [nave] JOKMEAM, a Levitical city of Ephraim, 1 Chr. 6:68.
  

• Malluch

  [ebd] reigned over, or reigning. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:44). (2.) A priest who returned from Babylon (Neh. 12:2). (3.) Ezra 10:29. (4.) Ezra 10:32
  [isbe] MALLUCH - mal'-uk (mallukh, "counsellor"): (1) A Levite of the sons of Merari, ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Ch 6:44; compare 6:29). (2) Son of Bani, among those who had foreign wives (Ezr 10:29). He is a descendant of Jud...
  [smith] (counsellor). A Levite of the family of Merari, and ancestor of Ethan the singer (1 Chronicles 6:44) One of the sons of Bani. (Ezra 10:29) and One of the descendants of Harim, (Ezra 10:32) who had married foreign wives. A...
  [nave] MALLUCH 1. A Merarite Levite, 1 Chr. 6:44. 2. Son of Bani, who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity, Ezra 10:29. 3. One of the family of Harim, who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity, Ezra 10:32. 4. A ...
  

• Mashal

  [ebd] entreaty, a levitical town in the tribe of Asher (1 Chr. 6:74); called Mishal (Josh. 21:30).
  [isbe] MASHAL - ma'-shal (mashal, 1 Ch 6:74). See MISHAL.
  [smith] (entreaty), the same as Misheal or Mishal. (1 Chronicles 6:74)
  [nave] MASHAL, called also Mishal and Misheal. A Levitical city in Asher, Josh. 19:26; 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74.
  

• Tabor

  [ebd] a height. (1.) Now Jebel et-Tur, a cone-like prominent mountain, 11 miles west of the Sea of Galilee. It is about 1,843 feet high. The view from the summit of it is said to be singularly extensive and grand. This is alluded ...
  [isbe] TABOR - ta'-ber, tar'-bor (tabhor; Codex Vaticanus Thachcheia; Codex Alexandrinus Thabor): One of the towns in the territory of Zebulun, given to the Merarite Levites (1 Ch 6:77). The parallel list in Josh 21:24 f contains n...
  [smith] is mentioned in the lists of 1Chr 6 as a city of the Merarite Levites, in the tribe of Zebulun. ver. (1 Chronicles 6:77) The list of the towns of Zebulun. Josh 19 contains the name of Chisloth-tabor. ver. (Joshua 19:12) It...
  [nave] TABOR 1. A mountain on the border of Issachar, Josh. 19:22; Judg. 8:18; Psa. 89:12; Jer. 46:18; Hos. 5:1. Assembling place of Barak's army, Judg. 4:6, 12, 14. 2. A plain of unknown location, 1 Sam. 10:3. 3. A Levitical ci...
  

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