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1 Chronicles 6:57 Explained in Context
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Verse 57. 57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
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Quick Meaning
Begins Judah's priestly towns with Hebron refuge, Libnah, Jattir, and Eshtemoa.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 6:54–6:81
Begins Judah's priestly towns with Hebron refuge, Libnah, Jattir, and Eshtemoa. Read 1 Chronicles 6:57 within 6:54–6:81. The complete unit records: Aaronic, Kohathite, Gershonite, and Merarite families receive named towns and pasturelands from multiple tribes, including refuge cities.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The chapter closes by locating temple-serving families throughout Israel rather than only at Jerusalem. In this exact position, the line beginning “And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron,…” begins Judah's priestly towns with Hebron refuge, Libnah, Jattir, and Eshtemoa.
What Remains True
Begins Judah's priestly towns with Hebron refuge, Libnah, Jattir, and Eshtemoa. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Communal memory must preserve real people, households, disruptions, and belonging without turning ancestry into superiority, spiritual rank, or entitlement.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse begins Judah's priestly towns with Hebron refuge, Libnah, Jattir, and Eshtemoa, keep it inside 6:54–6:81, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Chronicles 6:54–6:81 — Levitical towns distribute service across tribal landSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 6:54–6:81, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 6:54–6:81
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 6:54–6:81, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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