1 Chronicles 24:19-29

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.
25 The brother of Mikhah: Yishiyah; of the descendants of Yishiyah, Z'kharyahu.
26 The sons of M'rari: Machli and Mushi. The descendants of his son Ya'aziyahu,
27 that is, the descendants of M'rari through his descendant Ya'aziyahu: Shoham, Zakur and 'Ivri.
28 Of Machli: El'azar, who had no sons.
29 Of Kish: the descendants of Kish, Yerachme'el.

1 Chronicles 24:19-29 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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