1 Chronicles 6:54

What does 1 Chronicles 6:54 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 6:54 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, because they had the first selection,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And these <FI>are<Fi> their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot;

Context

v.53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

v.54This passage

v.55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 35:1

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

  • Joshua 21:10

    and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

  • Genesis 25:16

    these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.

  • Joshua 21:3

    And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

  • Numbers 31:10

    And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

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