1Ch 6:1-8 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1Chr 6:1-81: 6:1-81 By its substantial scope and placement in the center of the genealogical lists, this section gives special significance to the priestly tribe of Levi . Summary for 1Chr 6:1-48: 6:1-48 This section provides the genealogies of the three most significant groups of the tribe of Levi: the high priests (6:1-15 ), the three clans of Levites (6:16-30 ), and the singers (6:31-47 ). Each genealogy begins with an introduction, followed by the list of names. 6:1 The three sons of Levi are introduced, but their actual genealogies are postponed to follow the list of high priests.

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‏ 1 Chronicles 6:1-8

Summary for 1Chr 6:1-81: 6:1-81 ^a By its substantial scope and placement in the center of the genealogical lists, this section gives special significance to the priestly tribe of Levi.
Summary for 1Chr 6:1-48: 6:1-48 ^b This section provides the genealogies of the three most significant groups of the tribe of Levi: the high priests (6:1-15 ^c), the three clans of Levites (6:16-30 ^d), and the singers (6:31-47 ^e). Each genealogy begins with an introduction, followed by the list of names. 6:1 ^f The three sons of Levi are introduced, but their actual genealogies are postponed to follow the list of high priests.
Summary for 1Chr 6:2-15: 6:2-15 ^g After the Exile, the community of Judea, for whom Chronicles was written, needed to establish unequivocally the legitimate ancestry of the priests. This genealogy of Kohath established continuity between the ancestors known from the Pentateuch and the later high priests down to the exile of Judah in 586 BC; other records connected the priests following the Exile with this line (see Ezra 3:2 ^h; 7:1-6 ⁱ; Hag 1:1 ^j). Not all who served as high priest were included in this listing.