1 Chronicles 24:14-24

14 the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,
15 the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for HaPitzetz
16 the nineteenth for P'tachyah, the twentieth for Yechezk'el,
17 the twenty-first for Yakhin, the twenty-second for Gamul,
18 the twenty-third for D'layahu, and the twenty-fourth for Ma'azyahu.
19 These are the divisions and the sequence in which they served in the house of ADONAI, in accordance with the rule they were given through Aharon their ancestor, as ADONAI the God of Isra'el had ordered him.
20 The rest of the descendants of Levi: of the descendants of 'Amram, Shuva'el; of the descendants of Shuva'el, Yechd'yah.
21 Of Rechavyahu: of the descendants of Rechavyahu, Yishiyah the chief.
22 Of the Yitz'hari, Shlomot; of the descendants of Shlomot, Yachat.
23 Of the sons [of Hevron]: Yeriyahu, Amaryahu second, Yachzi'el third and Y'kam'am fourth.
24 The descendants of 'Uzi'el: Mikhah; of the descendants of Mikhah, Shamir.

1 Chronicles 24:14-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 24

This chapter relates the distribution David made of the priests into twenty four classes or courses, and which were observed by lot, and each course had an head or principal man over it, 1Ch 24:1-19 and of a like distribution of the Levites into the same number of courses, to attend the priests in theirs, 1Ch 24:20-31.

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