SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:54
¶ Y estas son sus habitaciones, por sus palacios y en sus términos, de los hijos de Aarón por las familias de los coatitas, porque de ellos fue la suerte (en herencia ),
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 6:54
Verse 54. Theirs was the lot.] All the tribes and families obtained their respective inheritances by lot, but to the sons of Aaron was the first lot; and so the Syriac and Arabic have understood this place. The first lot, says Jarchi, fell to Judah, that they might give to the priests and the Levites the cities marked below. See an account of the possessions of the priests and Levites, Josh. 20, 21.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 54-81 . Now these are their dwelling places , etc.] 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 ( Joshua 21:1) with some few variations of names of places, which have been there observed: see the notes there; only in ( 1 Chronicles 6:57-60) 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 f57 , 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, ( Numbers 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 f58 .
Ver. 54-81 . Now these are their dwelling places , etc.] 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 ( Joshua 21:1) with some few variations of names of places, which have been there observed: see the notes there; only in ( 1 Chronicles 6:57-60) 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 f57 , 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, ( Numbers 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 f58 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Genealogies. --We have an account of Levi in this chapter. The priests and Levite were more concerned than any other Israelites, to preserve their descent clear, and to be able to prove it; because all the honours an privileges of their office depended upon their descent. Now, the Spiri of God calls ministers to their work, without any limit as to the families they came from; and then, as now, though believers an ministers may be very useful to the church, none but our great Hig Priest can make atonement for sin, nor can any be accepted but throug his atonement __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ואלה 428 מושׁבותם 4186 לטירותם 2918 בגבולם 1366 לבני 1121 אהרן 175 למשׁפחת 4940 הקהתי 6956 כי 3588 להם 1992 היה 1961 הגורל׃ 1486
