Text: 1 Chronicles 6:61-65
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 21:5-9
Subject: Levitical clan city distributions
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Joshua 21:5-9 summarizes the allotment of Levitical cities by clan: remaining Kohathites received ten cities from Ephraim, Dan, and half-Manasseh; Gershonites received thirteen cities from Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and half-Manasseh in Bashan; these cities were designated by name (בְּשֵׁם, be-shem). First Chronicles 6:61-65 reproduces this distribution summary, confirming the tribal sources for each Levitical clan's allotment. Both accounts emphasize that the distribution was determined by lot (גּוֹרָל, goral), indicating divine direction rather than human preference in the placement of Levitical families throughout the land.