And theseוְאֵלֶּהaretheir dwelling placesמוֹשְׁבוֹתָםaccording to their encampmentsלְטִירוֹתָםwithin their territory.בִּגְבוּלָםTo the sonsלִבְנֵיof Aaron,אַהֲרֹןof the familyלְמִשְׁפַּחַתof the Kohathites,הַקְּהָתִיforכִּיtheirsלָהֶםwasהָיָהthe lot,הַגּוֹרָל
1 Chronicles 6:54
Study it in the app“And these are their dwelling places according to their encampments within their territory. To the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot,”
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1 Chronicles 6:54, word by word
- their dwelling placesמוֹשְׁבוֹתָmoshvota
dwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshvota” appears- according to their encampmentsטִירוֹתָtirota
encampment
A camp where clans and their flocks live in tents.
Where else “tirota” appears- within their territoryגְבוּלָgevula
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appears- To the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- of the familyמִשְׁפַּחַתmishpachat
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appears- of the Kohathitesקְּהָתִיkehati
Kohathite
Kohathite: a descendant of Kohath, son of Levi.
Where else “kehati” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- the lotגּוֹרָלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appears
Translation note
The list of the cities of the Levites is also in Joshua 21, with some names written in another form and others different. “The lot”: the distribution was made by casting lots before YHWH (Joshua 18:6; 21:4-8).
The context
53Zadok, his son; Ahimaaz, his son.
54 · This verse (above)
55they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its pasturelands around it;