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1 Chronicles 27:17

1 Chronicles 27:17
Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:

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Barnes' Notes

1 Chronicles 27:16-22

Gad and Asher are omitted from this list of the tribes. Similarly, Dan and Zebulon are omitted from the genealogical survey of the tribes 1 Chr. 4–8. We can only suppose that the lists, as they came…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 27:16-34

We have here an account,

I. Of the princes of the tribes. Something of the ancient order instituted by Moses in the wilderness was still kept up, that every tribe should have its prince or chief. It…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1 Chronicles 27:16-24

The Princes of the Tribes of Israel

Cp. Num 1:2-15 where Moses is enjoined to have with him a representative of each tribe at the numbering of the people; cp. 1Ch 27:23-24 below. In the present list…

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