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1 Chronicles 6:61

To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Chronicler records an administrative inventory of Levitical city distributions following the Israelite settlement of the land. The words — הַ/נּוֹתָרִ֗ים (ha-notarim) means "which remained," and מִֽ֠/מַּחֲצִית (mi-machazit) means "from [the] half." These terms specify that the allocation applies only to the surviving Kohathite clans and draws exclusively from the eastern portion of Manasseh. The thread — This distribution appears in Joshua 21:4 for the first Kohathite lot and Joshua 21:20 for the remaining Kohathite clans. The clan lineage is established in 1 Chronicles 6:1 as a primary division of Levi. Why it lands — The text requires tracking the precise fulfillment of territorial divisions for a specific Levitical line. It asks the reader to observe how priestly and tribal boundaries were systematically recorded without adding external theological claims.

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The Hebrew words

וְלִבְנֵ֨יve./li/v.Neiand/ to/ [the] descendants ofקְהָ֜תke.HatKohathהַנּוֹתָרִ֗יםha./no.ta.Rimwhich/ remainedמִמִּשְׁפַּ֣חַתmi./mish.Pa.chatof/ [the] clan ofהַמַּטֶּ֡הha./ma.Tehthe/ tribeמִֽ֠מַּחֲצִיתMi./ma.cha.tzitfrom/ [the] half ofמַטֵּ֨הma.Teh[the] tribe ofחֲצִ֧יcha.Tzi[the] half ofמְנַשֶּׁ֛הme.na.ShehManassehבַּגּוֹרָ֖לba./go.Ralby the/ lotעָרִ֥ים'a.Rimcitiesעָֽשֶׂר׃ ס'A.serten

King James Version

And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

Cross-references

People named

ManassehKohath