1 Chronicles 24:7-17

7 Now the first lot came forth to Yehoiariv, the second to Yedayah,

8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

9 the fifth to Malkiyah, the sixth to Miyamin,

10 the seventh to Hakkotz, the eighth to Aviyah,

11 the ninth to Yeshua, the tenth to Shekhanyahu,

12 the eleventh to Elyashiv, the twelfth to Yakim,

13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

15 the seventeenth to Hetzir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

16 the nineteenth to Petachyah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

17 the one and twentieth to Yakhin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

1 Chronicles 24:7-17 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.