1 Chronicles 6:54 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their territories: to the sons of Aaron of the families of Kohathites—for the lot fell to them first—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for their's was the lot.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Their dwelling places are according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the [first] lot–[Josh. 21:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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),

Common English Bible

These are the places they lived by their camps within their territory. To Aaron’s family from the Kohathite clan, as chosen by lot,

Catholic Public Domain Version

And these are their habitations according to the villages and confines, specifically of the sons of Aaron, according to the kindred of the Kohathites. For it fell to them by lot.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

1 Chronicles 6:54 Cross References

Genesis 25:16

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.

1 Chronicles 6:53

Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

Numbers 3:27

To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.

Numbers 31:10

All their towns where they had settled, and all their encampments, they burned,

Joshua 21:10

which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites who belonged to the Levites, since the lot fell to them first.