“ The sons of Levi; Gershom,d Kohath, and Merari. ”
A general account of the several branches of the tribe of Levi.
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...
sons of Levi. These were not high priests.
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:16 . &c. The sons of Levi — This pedigree of the posterity of Levi is given again, 1 Chronicles 6:43 . It appears most probable, that in this catalogue the name of the son o...
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Levi; Gershom ... This repetition (see 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levit...
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.
(16-19) The three branches of Levi with their main subdivisions. Parallel passages, Exodus 6:16-19 ; Numbers 3:17-20 . (16) Gershom. — See Note on 1 Chronicles 6:1 . In the Pentateuch, Gershom...
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...
I include the whole of this register under one point of view for the sake of shortness, for it contains nothing more than a register, and, no doubt, a very trite one: but it opens nothing for improve...
The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Which is repeated from 1 Chronicles 6:1 for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as...
The sons of Levi, Gershom , &c. This he repeats as the foundation of the following genealogy of those Levites who were not priests.
Genealogies. B. C. 1450. 1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons...
This he repeats, as the foundation of the following genealogy of those Levites who were not priests.
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 Line of Priests to the Captivity
1 Chronicles 6:1 ; Exodus 6:16