1 Chronicles 24:5-15

5 They organized them by lot, all alike, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both the sons of Elea'zar and the sons of Ith'amar.
6 And the scribe Shemai'ah the son of Nethan'el, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; one father's house being chosen for Elea'zar and one chosen for Ith'amar.
7 The first lot fell to Jehoi'arib, the second to Jedai'ah,
8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Se-o'rim,
9 the fifth to Malchi'jah, the sixth to Mij'amin,
10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abi'jah,
11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecani'ah,
12 the eleventh to Eli'ashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jesheb'e-ab,
14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Hap'pizzez,

1 Chronicles 24:5-15 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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