1 Chronicles 6:70
New International Version
And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

New Living Translation
The remaining descendants of Kohath were assigned the towns of Aner and Bileam from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, each with its pasturelands.

English Standard Version
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.

Berean Standard Bible
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.

King James Bible
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

New King James Version
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

New American Standard Bible
and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

NASB 1995
and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

NASB 1977
and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

Legacy Standard Bible
and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the family of the rest of the sons of Kohath.

Amplified Bible
and from the half-tribe of Manasseh [these cities], with their pasture lands: Aner and Bileam, for the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath.

Christian Standard Bible
From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.

American Standard Version
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

Contemporary English Version
And from West Manasseh they received Aner and Bileam, together with their pastureland.

English Revised Version
and out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From half of the tribe of Manasseh, they were given Aner with its pastureland and Bileam with its pastureland for the families of the rest of Kohath's descendants.

Good News Translation
In the territory of West Manasseh they were assigned the towns of Aner and Bileam with the surrounding pasture lands.

International Standard Version
and (from of the half-tribe of Manasseh), Aner with its surrounding suburbs, and Bileam with its surrounding suburbs for the rest of the Kohathite families.

Majority Standard Bible
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.

NET Bible
Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath's descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands.

New Heart English Bible
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Ibleam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

Webster's Bible Translation
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

World English Bible
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and from the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its outskirts, and Bileam and its outskirts, for the family of the sons of Kohath who are left.

Young's Literal Translation
and from the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, for the family of the sons of Kohath who are left.

Smith's Literal Translation
And from the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and her areas, and Bileam and her areas for the families remaining to the sons of Kohath.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs: to wit, to them that were left of the family of the sons of Caath.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then too, out of the one half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its suburbs, Bileam and its suburbs; these in particular went to those who were remaining from the kindred of the sons of Kohath.

New American Bible
From the half-tribe of Manasseh: Taanach with its pasture lands and Ibleam with its pasture lands. These belonged to the rest of the Kohathite clan.

New Revised Standard Version
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the families of the Kohathites.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Anath with its suburbs, Jablin with its suburbs, for the inheritance of the families of the sons of Kohath;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And from half of the tribe of Menashe they gave Anath and its hamlets, and Yablin and its hamlets, and to the tribe of the children of Qahath that they inherited.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with the open land about it, and Bileam with the open land about it, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and of the half-tribe of Manasse Anar and her suburbs, and Jemblaan and her suburbs, to the sons of Caath that were left, according to each several family.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Territories for the Levites
69Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands. 70And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the remaining clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands. 71The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.…

Cross References
Joshua 21:28-29
From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kishion, Daberath, / Jarmuth, and En-gannim—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:54-60
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: / They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands. / But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ...

Numbers 35:1-8
Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: / “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. / The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. ...

Joshua 21:1-3
Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel / at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.” / So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

1 Chronicles 6:64-66
So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands. / They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. / And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

Joshua 21:4-8
The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. / The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. / The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. ...

1 Chronicles 6:61-63
To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh. / The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan. / The Merarites, according to their clans, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

Joshua 21:9-19
From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they designated these cities by name / to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them: / They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.) ...

1 Chronicles 6:77-81
The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands. / From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, / Kedemoth, and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands. ...

Joshua 21:20-26
The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim / they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer, / Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands. ...

1 Chronicles 6:71-76
The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands. / From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath, / Ramoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands. ...

Joshua 21:27-33
This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands. / From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kishion, Daberath, / Jarmuth, and En-gannim—four cities, together with their pasturelands. ...

1 Chronicles 6:67-69
They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer, / Jokmeam, Beth-horon, / Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, together with their pasturelands.

Joshua 21:34-40
This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah, / Dimnah, and Nahalal—four cities, together with their pasturelands. / From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz, ...

1 Chronicles 6:62
The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.


Treasury of Scripture

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

Aner.

Joshua 21:25
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

Tanach, Gath-rimmon.

Bileam.

Numbers 22:5
He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Joshua 17:11
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

Ibleam.

Judges 1:27
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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1 Chronicles 6
1. The sons of Levi.
4. The line of Eleazar unto the captivity.
16. The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
49. The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz.
54. The cities of the priests and Levites.














And from the half-tribe of Manasseh
The half-tribe of Manasseh refers to the division of the tribe of Manasseh, one of the sons of Joseph, into two groups. This division occurred because the tribe settled on both sides of the Jordan River. The eastern half settled in the land of Gilead, while the western half settled in Canaan. This allocation highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to the descendants of Joseph, ensuring they received a significant portion of the Promised Land. The half-tribe of Manasseh's involvement in providing cities to the Levites underscores their role in supporting the religious and spiritual life of Israel.

the rest of the clans of the Kohathites
The Kohathites were one of the three main divisions of the Levites, descended from Kohath, the second son of Levi. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary's most sacred objects, including the Ark of the Covenant, during the Israelites' wilderness wanderings. The "rest of the clans" indicates that this allocation was part of a broader distribution of cities to the Levites, as the Kohathites were spread across different tribal territories. This distribution ensured that the Levites, who had no inheritance of their own, were integrated into the community and could perform their priestly duties.

were given Aner and Bileam
Aner and Bileam were cities allocated to the Kohathites from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh. These cities, along with their pasturelands, provided the necessary resources for the Levites to sustain themselves and their families. The specific mention of these cities highlights the organized and systematic approach to ensuring the Levites were supported throughout Israel. While the exact locations of Aner and Bileam are not definitively known today, their inclusion in the biblical record emphasizes the historical reality of the Levitical cities.

together with their pasturelands
The inclusion of pasturelands was crucial for the Levites, as it provided them with the means to raise livestock and sustain their communities. This provision reflects the practical needs of the Levites, who, unlike other tribes, did not receive a large territorial inheritance. The pasturelands ensured that the Levites could maintain a degree of self-sufficiency while focusing on their religious duties. This arrangement also symbolizes the broader principle of God's provision for those dedicated to His service, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Half-Tribe of Manasseh
This refers to one of the two divisions of the tribe of Manasseh, which was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe was split between land on the east and west of the Jordan River.

2. Aner
A city given to the Levites, specifically to the Kohathites, as part of their inheritance. It was located in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

3. Bileam
Another city allocated to the Kohathites, also within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

4. Kohathites
A clan within the Levites, descendants of Kohath, who was one of the sons of Levi. The Kohathites had specific duties related to the tabernacle and later the temple.

5. Pasturelands
These were lands surrounding the cities given to the Levites for their livestock, as they did not receive a territorial inheritance like the other tribes.
Teaching Points
God's Provision for His Servants
The allocation of cities and pasturelands to the Levites demonstrates God's faithfulness in providing for those who serve Him. This reminds us that God is attentive to the needs of His people, especially those dedicated to His service.

The Role of the Levites
The Levites were set apart for specific duties related to worship and the tabernacle. This calls us to recognize and respect the roles and responsibilities within the body of Christ today.

Community Support and Responsibility
The provision for the Levites came from the other tribes, illustrating the importance of community support. In the church, we are called to support one another, especially those in ministry.

Inheritance Beyond Material Possessions
The Levites' inheritance was not land but the Lord Himself. This challenges us to value our spiritual inheritance in Christ above material possessions.

Faithfulness in Fulfilling God's Commands
The distribution of cities to the Levites was a fulfillment of God's command. It encourages us to be faithful in carrying out God's instructions in our lives.(70) Aner . . . Bileam.--Joshua 21:25 reads, "Taa-nach [see Joshua 17:11] and Gath-rimmon." The latter is a mere repetition from the preceding verse. Bileam is a man's name, being the Hebrew spelling of Balaam. It should be Ibleam (Joshua 17:11). So the LXX. Aner (Genesis 14:13) is also a man, one of Abraham's allies. Taanach is probably right, the last three letters of the Hebrew word closely resembling those of Aner.

For the family.--Better, unto the family of the sons of Kohath who were left. This depends on the idea of giving (1Chronicles 6:67). The phrase is a sort of subscription to the whole list of 1Chronicles 6:67-70. For "family" the plural should be read, as in Joshua 21:26. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And from
וּמִֽמַּחֲצִית֙ (ū·mim·ma·ḥă·ṣîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4276: A halving, the middle

the half-tribe
מַטֵּ֣ה (maṭ·ṭêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

of Manasseh
מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה (mə·naš·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4519: Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites

Aner
עָנֵר֙ (‘ā·nêr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6063: Aner -- an ally of Abram, also a place in Manasseh

and Bileam,
בִּלְעָ֖ם (bil·‘ām)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophet

together with their pasturelands,
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑יהָ (miḡ·rā·še·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4054: A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea

were given to the rest
הַנּוֹתָרִֽים׃ (han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve

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

of the Kohathites.
לִבְנֵי־ (liḇ·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son


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