1 Chronicles 6:54

“Their’s was the lot - i. e. “the first lot.” The Kohathites had the first lot among the Levitical families, as being the family whereto the high priesthood was attached (compare Joshua 21:10). return to 'Top of Page'”

“Castles - So called, not only because, walled and well guarded by the country; but because they and their possessions were in a particular manner the care of divine providence. As God was their portion, so God was their protector. And a cottage will be a castle to those that abide under the shadow of the Almighty. The lot - Or, the first lot. 1 Chronicles 6:66”

“6:54-81 The list of Levitical cities is derived from Josh 21, following a geographical logic, with families grouped in defined geographical districts. To show the unity and completeness of Israel, the territorial list presents the Levites as settled in the land to the same extent as the other tribes.”

“am 2561, bc 1443 these are: Num 35:1-8; Jos 21:3-8 castles: Gen 25:16; Num 31:10; Psa 69:25; Pro 18:10, Pro 18:11; Eph 3:8 of the families: Jos 21:4, Jos 21:5 for theirs: Jos 21:4 1 Chronicles 6:55”

“(6:39-66). Register of the cities of the Levites, which agrees on the whole with the register in Josh 21, if we except different forms of some names of cities, and many corruptions of the text, but differing in many ways from it in form; whence we gather that it is not derived from the book of Joshua, but from some other ancient authority. Ch1 6:54 (6:39). Ch1 6:54 contains the superscription, "These are their dwelling-places according to their districts, in their boundaries." So far the superscription belongs to the whole catalogue of cities. The suffixes point back to the לוי בּני, Ch1 6:1. טירה, from טוּר, to surround in a circle, signifies in the older language a "nomad village" (cf. Gen…”