King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 6:50 Mean?
“And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,”
Context
48
Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49
But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50
And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51
Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(50-53) If the chronicler, and not his source, be held responsible for this repetition of the Aaronite line, we may regard it as an instance of his inartificial method of making a new start. He is about to pass from the Levitical genealogies to their cities and domains, and he first partially recapitulates the line of Aaron’s sons, because their seats are to be described first. (Comp. 1Chronicles 6:1-2 with 16, 18.) He stops at Ahimaaz, who lived in the age of David and Solomon, because, apparently, the preceding section was mainly concerned with the Levites of that epoch.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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