“ The sons of Levi; Gershon,a Kohath, and Merari. ”
The genealogy of the high priestly stem to the captivity.
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). Genealogical Lists, together with Geographical and Historical Notes. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogi...
Levi. This care to give these genealogies after the captivities was to show that God's promises to preserve the nation would be faithfully kept. Compare Jeremiah 23:5 ; Jeremiah 23:6 . Gershon....
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Levi - It has been well remarked that the genealogy of Levi is given here more ample and correct than that of any of the others. And this i...
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genealogies (continued) This chapter records the descendants of Levi, traces the line of the high priests to the captivity, and enumerates the cities of the Priests and Levites.
(1-15) THE LINE OF AARON THROUGH ELEAZAR TO JEHOZADAK. (1-3) Aaron’s descent from Levi. (1) The sons of Levi; Gershon ... — So Genesis 46:11 ; Exodus 6:16 , and uniformly in the Pentateuch. In...
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...
CONTENTS Prosecuting the genealogy of Israel's son, the tribe of Levi is made the subject of this chapter, and particularly with an eye to the priesthood, in the person of Aaron and his sons. 1 Ch...
The sons of Levi ,.... After an account of the chief of the tribes of Judah and Simeon, of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, follows that of Levi, and his posterity; the kingdom being giv...
Genealogies. B. C. 1450. 1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons...
1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 6 The sons of Levi: the line of the high priests from Aaron to the captivity, 1 Chronicles 6:1-15 . The families of Gershom, Merari, and Kohath, 1 Chronicles 6:16-48 . Th...
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 o...
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,...
EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 6:1-13 The tribe of Levi is now taken. The first three verses prepare the way for running rapidly down the line of high priest descent, from Aaron's son Eleazar to J...
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, Genesis 46:11 ; Exodus 6:16 .
1 Chronicles 23:6 ; 1 Chronicles 6:16 ; 1 Chronicles 6:20 ; Exodus 6:16 ; Genesis 46:11 ; Numbers 26:57 ; Numbers 3:17