The sacred Scripture, having given a faithful register of the Levites names, in those verses relates their dwelling-places. Jacob, when dying, foretold that Levi should be divided in Jacob, and scattered in Israel. And here we find his prophecy accomplished. Genesis 49:7 . read more
REFLECTIONS Who can ever read a portion of scripture concerning the priesthood, without having his heart secretly and sweetly led forth to contemplate the Lord Jesus in his priestly office? Who can behold the sons of Levi, as offering to the Lord an offering in righteousness, without connecting with it the glorious representation of Him, who made his soul an offering for sin, that his people might be made the righteousness of God in him? Who could look at Levi or any of his order in their... read more
The Cities of the Levites v. 54. Now, these are their dwelling-places throughout their castles in their coasts, literally, "by their districts in their border," of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites; for theirs was the lot. Cf Joshua 21. v. 55. And they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof, that is, the pasture-land, round about it. v. 56. But the fields of the city, the land under cultivation, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb, the... read more
2. The Descendants of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, in a Double Series: 1 Chronicles 6:1-151 Chronicles 6:1-2.The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. And these are the 3names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimi. And the sons of Kohath: 4Amram and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel. The sons of Merari: Mahli and 5Mushi. And these are the families after their fathers.6To Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son. Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.7The... read more
In this whole chapter, consisting of eighty-one verses, the one subject is the priestly tribe. This in itself reveals the standard from which the history was written. Judah, the kingly tribe, is the only one which has more space devoted to it, occupying, as it does, one hundred and two verses. These, however, center in David. In the section now under consideration, the sons of Levi, around whom the divisions of the tribe for service were made, are named-Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Then there... read more
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). Genealogical Lists, together with Geographical and Historical Notes.— These chapters form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel ( 1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2)— with the exception of Cain’ s descendants ( Genesis 4:16-Song of Solomon :)— the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3-2 Timothy :); David ( 1 Chronicles 3:1-Jeremiah :); Judah... read more
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter refers wholly to tribe of Levi. Gives the family of Aaron, 1 Chronicles 6:1-15; the descendants of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, 1 Chronicles 6:16-30; the pedigrees of the song-masters, 1 Chronicles 6:31-48; the line from Aaron to Ahimaaz, 1 Chronicles 6:49-53; and the towns assigned to the tribe, 1 Chronicles 6:54-81.1 Chronicles 6:1-3.—The sons of Levi. The genealogy of Levi follows (Exodus 6:16-25), as far as Phinehas, after which the writer must have had... read more
Chapter 6Now in chapter six, we now get to the tribe of Levi from which was the priestly tribe.[And the three sons which made the major families within the tribe of] Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And of Kohath was born Amram. And from Amram was born Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam, [their sister] ( 1 Chronicles 6:1-3 ).And so Moses and Aaron both came from the family of Kohath in the tribe of Levi. And then you follow the high priest line from Aaron, his son Eleazar and so forth. You... read more
1 Chronicles 6:4 . Eleazar begat Phinehas. A correct table of the Jewish highpriests would be very desirable to every lover of sacred literature. The best list I can collect is as follows: Aaron, Eleazar, Phinehas, Abishua, Bukki, Uzzi, Zerathiah, and Meraioth. Here Eleazar’s line suffered a chasm for the admission of Eli’s house, who filled the pontificate for seven generations; but God shortened their lives for their family’s sin. Some think that Abimelech whom Saul slew, with eighty four... read more
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The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Chronicles 6:1-81
Aaron Eleazar Unknown Workers Religious Uses of Music 1 Chronicles 6:0 This chapter traces the line of Aaron through Eleazar to Jeho-zadak. The chronicler takes infinite pains to trace the genealogy of Aaron from the period of his descent from Levi through his successors in the line of Eleazar until the Babylonian exile, and after setting forth the double series of the three sons of Levi, viz., Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, he repeats the line of Aaron from Eleazar to the age of David and... read more