Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 6:67
And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,
67. gave of the cities of refuge, Shechem ] Render (with a slight correction of the Hebrew) gave the city of refuge, Shechem. Cp. 1Ch 6:57, note.
Shechem ] Gen 12:6; Gen 33:18; Jos 24:1; Jdg 9:1 ; 1Ki 12:1. Shechem is the modern Nabulus, situated almost in the middle of Palestine.
Gezer ] Jos 16:3; Jdg 1:29; 1Ki 9:16. It is the modern Tell-Jezer about 18 miles N.W. of Jerusalem. Cp. Bdeker, p. 13.
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They gave; either the Ephraimites; or rather, the children of Israel, as it is expressed, 1Ch 6:64, who gave part out of Ephraim, and part out of the half tribe of Manasseh, as it here follows. But the Ephraimites could not give away any cities belonging to the Manassites.
Unto them, i.e. to the residue of the Kohathites last mentioned.
Of the cities of refuge, or, the cities (i.e. the city, the plural number used of one; of which frequent examples have been given before: see 1Ch 7:3,12,14) of refuge. Or, cities, (the construct form being put for the absolute, of which there want not examples in the Hebrew language,) the city of refuge. As to the names of these cities, divers of them are differing from those names which were given to them, Jos 21:13. Nor is it at all strange that the names of places should be changed in so many hundreds of years as were between Joshua and this time. And to the cities themselves, this is further to be observed, that they are dispersed among all the tribes, partly that Jacobs prophecy might be fulfilled concerning the scattering of Levi. Gen 49:7; and partly that every tribe might have teachers among them, by whom they might be directed in and quickened to the observation of Gods laws, upon which their safety and happiness wholly depended.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
67-81. they gave unto them of thecities of refugeThe names of the cities given here areconsiderably different from those applied to them (Jos21:13-19). In the lapse of centuries, and from the revolutions ofsociety, changes might have been expected to take place in the formor dialectic pronunciation of the names of those cities; and thiswill sufficiently account for the variations that are found in thelists as enumerated here and in an earlier book. As to these citiesthemselves that were assigned to the Levites, they were widely remoteand separatedpartly in fulfilment of Jacob’s prophecy (Ge49:7), and partly that the various districts of the country mightobtain a competent supply of teachers who might instruct the peoplein the knowledge, and animate them to the observance, of a law whichhad so important a bearing on the promotion both of their privatehappiness and their national prosperity.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 1Ch 6:54].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(67) And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge . . .The correct version of the Hebrew text is, And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem and her pastures, in the hill-country of Ephraim; and Gezer and her pastures. Perhaps both here and in 1Ch. 6:57 above city (iyr), and not cities (arey), is the original reading. We have already noticed many indications of textual corruption in this and the former section. Gezer was not a city of refuge. (See Note on 1Ch. 6:57.) Jos. 21:21 has the singular.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
mount = hill country of.
Qezer. See note on 1Ki 9:15-17.
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Shechem: Gen 33:18, Gen 35:4, Jos 20:7, Jos 21:21
Gezer: Jos 12:12, Jos 16:3, Jos 16:10, Jos 21:21, 1Ki 9:16
Reciprocal: Jos 10:33 – Gezer Jos 17:7 – Shechem 1Ki 9:15 – Gezer 1Ch 7:28 – Gezer 1Ch 14:16 – Gazer
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1Ch 6:67. They gave unto them of the cities of refuge That is, the children of Israel, as it is expressed 1Ch 6:64, gave to the residue of the Kohathites the following cities, part out of Ephraim, and part out of the half-tribe of Manasseh. As to the names of these cities, divers of them differ from those mentioned as given to them Jos 21:15. Nor is it strange that the names of places should be changed in so many hundreds of years as had intervened between Joshua and this time. And as to the cities themselves, it is further to be observed, that they were dispersed among all the tribes, partly that Jacobs prophecy might be fulfilled concerning the scattering of the tribe of Levi, Gen 49:7; and partly that every tribe might have teachers among them by whom they might be directed in, and quickened to, the observation of Gods laws, upon which their safety and happiness wholly depended.