1 Chronicles 6:54
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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.

A.

2561. B.C.

1443. these are.

Numbers 35:1-8 And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho: . . .

Joshua 21:3-8 And the children of Israel gave out of their possessions according to the commandment of the Lord, cities and their suburbs. . . .

castles.

Genesis 25:16 These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes.

Numbers 31:10 And all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned.

Psalm 69:25 Let their habitation be made desolate: and let there be none to dwell in their tabernacles.

Proverbs 18:10,11 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted. . . .

Ephesians 3:8 To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ:

of the families.

Joshua 21:4,5 And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities. . . .

for their's.

1 Chronicles 21:4 But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.

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Context
Territories for the Levites
54And 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.55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:…
Cross References
Numbers 3:27
Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names:

Joshua 21:4
And the lot came out for the family of Caath of the children of Aaron the priest out of the tribes of Juda, and of Simeon, and of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

Joshua 21:10
To the sons of Aaron, of the families of Caath of the race of Levi (for the first lot came out for them)

1 Chronicles 6:53
Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

Lexicon
Now these [were]
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (wə·’êl·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

the territories
בִּגְבוּלָ֑ם (biḡ·ḇū·lām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

assigned to the descendants
לִבְנֵ֤י (liḇ·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Aaron
אַהֲרֹן֙ (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

from the Kohathite
הַקְּהָתִ֔י (haq·qə·hā·ṯî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6956: Kohathites -- descendant of Kohath

clan
לְמִשְׁפַּחַ֣ת (lə·miš·pa·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people

for their settlements,
מוֹשְׁבוֹתָ֔ם (mō·wō·šə·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4186: A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the first lot
הַגּוֹרָֽל׃ (hag·gō·w·rāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting)

fell
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to them:
לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They


Additional Translations
Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them: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.

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),

And these are their residences in their villages, in their coasts, to the sons of Aaron, to their family the Caathites: for they had the lot.

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;

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,

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

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),

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