Text: 1 Chronicles 6:66-81
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 21:20-39
Subject: Kohathite, Gershonite, and Merarite city lists
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Joshua 21:20-39 catalogs the complete allotment of Levitical cities to the remaining Kohathites, the Gershonites, and the Merarites, totaling forty-eight cities with their pasturelands (מִגְרָשִׁים, migrashim) distributed across all tribes. First Chronicles 6:66-81 reproduces this list with some variations in city names and order, but the structural framework is identical. The Chronicler's inclusion of this comprehensive geographic record serves his post-exilic agenda of demonstrating that the Levitical dispersion throughout the land was divinely ordained from the conquest era, legitimating the continued role of Levites as distributed teachers and worship leaders across Israel's territory.