Those were the names of Ishmael’s sons. Each son had his own camp that became a small town. The twelve sons were like twelve princes with their own people.
1 Chronicles 6:54 - Easy To Read Version These are the places where Aaron’s descendants [63] lived. They lived in their camps in the land that was given to them. The Kohath families got the first share of the land that was given to the Levite people. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Those were the names of Ishmael’s sons. Each son had his own camp that became a small town. The twelve sons were like twelve princes with their own people.
The families of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, belonged to the family of Kohath. They were the Kohathite family groups.
The first choice of towns was given to Levites from the Kohath family.