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1 Chronicles 6:62
The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the post-conquest distribution of Levitical cities, specifying the allotment for the Gershomite clans alongside the Kohathites and Merarites.
The words — לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם (le./mish.pe.cho.Ta/m) translates literally as "to their clans," marking the administrative division of the inheritance.
The thread — This distribution parallels the land grants recorded in Joshua 21:27 and is repeated in the parallel genealogy of 1 Chronicles 6:71.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize the precise tribal boundaries and the systematic provision made for the priestly line.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Cross-references
- Exodus 2:22 And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Joshua 21:27 This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 6:71 The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.