
Text -- 1 Chronicles 6:61 (NET)




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JFB: 1Ch 6:61 - -- That is, in addition to the priests belonging to the same family and tribe of Levi.
That is, in addition to the priests belonging to the same family and tribe of Levi.

JFB: 1Ch 6:61 - -- (Jos 21:26). The sacred historian gives an explanation (1Ch 6:66). Eight of these are mentioned, but only two of them are taken out of the half tribe...
TSK -> 1Ch 6:61

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Barnes -> 1Ch 6:56-81
Barnes: 1Ch 6:56-81 - -- The writer evidently had before him Josh. 21, which he followed, as to its matter, closely. In some cases he perhaps modernised the ancient names (1...
The writer evidently had before him Josh. 21, which he followed, as to its matter, closely. In some cases he perhaps modernised the ancient names (1Ch 6:58, 1Ch 6:60, 1Ch 6:72, etc.); in a few he substituted for the old an entirely new name, the modern apellation, probably, of the ancient site 1Ch 6:70, 1Ch 6:77. At one time, it would seem, his intention was to give the cities of the priests only, and to content himself with stating the mere number of the rest. His account of the matter was then brought to a conclusion, and summed up, in 1Ch 6:64. But, afterward, either he or a later writer thought it best to add to the list of the priestly cities the information contained in Judges as to those which were not priestly, but merely Levitical. The passage 1 Chr. 6:65-81 was then added.
The entire account has suffered much from corruption. In the first list two names, those of Juttah and Gideon, have dropped out. It is necessary to restore them in order to complete the number of thirteen cities 1Ch 6:60. In the second list 1Ch 6:67-70 there is likewise an omission of two cities, Eltekeh and Gibbethon, which are wanted to make up the number ten 1Ch 6:61. The third list is complete, though some of the names are very different from these of Joshua. In the fourth, two names are again wanting, those of Jokneam and Kartah.
Unto the sons of Kohath which were left - i. e. to such of them as were not priests.
Out of the half tribe ... ten cities - The half tribe furnished two cities only (1Ch 6:70, and compare Jos 21:25). It is evident therefore that something has fallen out. We may supply from Joshua the words "out of Ephraim and out of Dan, and"before "out of the half tribe."
Unto the rest of the children of Merari - Rather, "Unto the rest the children of Merari"- that is to say, "unto the remainder of the Levites, who were descendants of Merari": - the two other branches, the Kohathites and the Gershomites, having been treated of previously.
Poole -> 1Ch 6:61
Poole: 1Ch 6:61 - -- Which were left over and above the priests who were of the same family of Kohath and tribe of Levi.
By lot, ten cities or, by lot (with a full po...
Which were left over and above the priests who were of the same family of Kohath and tribe of Levi.
By lot, ten cities or, by lot (with a full point, for there the sense ends).
All their cities were ten cities , as it is expressly said, Jos 21:6 . These words, all their cities were , are to be understood out of the former verse; which is not unusual in the Holy Scripture. And so this sacred writer explains himself, 1Ch 6:66 , &c., where eight of these cities are named, whereof only two are taken out of this half tribe of Manasseh, 1Ch 6:70 , the other two being named, Jos 21:21 , &c., where these things are more plainly and fully declared.
Haydock -> 1Ch 6:61
Haydock: 1Ch 6:61 - -- Out of. We may supply, "the tribe of Dan, Ephraim, &c.," as only two cities belonged to Manasses, Josue xxi. 25. (Calmet) ---
Double that number w...
Out of. We may supply, "the tribe of Dan, Ephraim, &c.," as only two cities belonged to Manasses, Josue xxi. 25. (Calmet) ---
Double that number was taken from the two other tribes. (Menochius)
Gill -> 1Ch 6:54-81
Gill: 1Ch 6:54-81 - -- Now these are their dwelling places,.... The dwelling places of the priests and Levites, assigned and given to them in the several tribes of Israel; a...
Now these are their dwelling places,.... The dwelling places of the priests and Levites, assigned and given to them in the several tribes of Israel; and the account of them agrees with that in Jos 21:1 with some few variations of names of places, which have been there observed: see the notes there; only in 1Ch 6:57 two cities are omitted, Juttah and Gibeon, through want of care in transcribing, since they are said to be "thirteen", as they should be, whereas eleven only are mentioned. The Jews say h, the cities of the suburbs (those here mentioned) ceased from the time the first temple was destroyed; and yet Ezra, who lived after the captivity, and the building the second temple, here gives a very particular account of them; the suburbs belonging to every city, which he particularly mentions, were 2000 cubits, both to the cities of refuge, and the rest, Num 35:5 Hebron, the first city mentioned in the next verse, was a city of refuge, and had suburbs of such a space; and it is remarkable, that some of the temples with the Heathens, which were asylums, or places of refuge, had the space of 2000 paces assigned them for the same sanctity and privilege i.

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NET Notes -> 1Ch 6:61
NET Notes: 1Ch 6:61 Heb “to the sons of Kohath who were left from the clan of the tribe, from the half of the tribe of the half of Manasseh by lot ten cities.”...
Geneva Bible -> 1Ch 6:61
Geneva Bible: 1Ch 6:61 And unto the sons of ( r ) Kohath, [which were] left of the family of that tribe, [were cities given] out of the half tribe, [namely, out of] the half...

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TSK Synopsis -> 1Ch 6:1-81
TSK Synopsis: 1Ch 6:1-81 - --1 The sons of Levi.4 The line of Eleazar unto the captivity.16 The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.49 The office of Aaron, and his line unto A...
MHCC -> 1Ch 6:1-81
MHCC: 1Ch 6:1-81 - --We have an account of Levi in this chapter. The priests and Levites were more concerned than any other Israelites, to preserve their descent clear, an...
Matthew Henry -> 1Ch 6:54-81
Matthew Henry: 1Ch 6:54-81 - -- We have here an account of the Levites' cities. They are here called their castles (1Ch 6:54), not only because walled and fortified, and well gua...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 1Ch 6:16-81; 1Ch 6:54-81
Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ch 6:16-81 - --
(Ch. 6). The families and cities of the Levites. - Vv. 1-34. Register of the families of the Levites. - This is introduced by an enumeration of the...

Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ch 6:54-81 - --
(6:39-66). Register of the cities of the Levites, which agrees on the whole with the register in Josh 21, if we except different forms of some name...
Constable: 1Ch 1:1--9:44 - --I. ISRAEL'S HISTORICAL ROOTS chs. 1--9
"The fact that the author of 1 and 2 Chronicles devoted nine chapters out...

Constable: 1Ch 4:1--7:40 - --B. The House of Israel chs. 4-7
The writer's next concern was to trace the line of people to whom and th...
