Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another, the lots being drawn alternately for one line and then for the other, in order to eliminate all appearance of favoritism for the governors of the Sanctuary and governors of the house of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.
Verse 1 Chronicles 24:5. _THEY DIVIDED BY LOT_] This prevented jealousies: for, as all the families were equally noble, they had equal right to all ecclesiastical and civil distinctions....
ONE SORT WITH ANOTHER - i. e., “the assignment of their order in the courses was made by lot to the families belonging to Eleazar, and to the families belonging to Ithamar, equally.” Both houses had f...
3. THE TWENTY-FOUR COURSES OF THE PRIESTS CHAPTER 24 _ 1. The twenty-four courses (1 Chronicles 24:1)_ 2. The organization of other Levites (1 Chronicles 24:20) In the previous chapter we read of 2...
The courses of the priests (the sons of Aaron), twenty-four in number, took their turns in the service of the Temple, and each course cast lots for the particular place of service of each priest (_cf....
DIVIDED BY LOT. See note on the Urim and Thummim (Exodus 28:30). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4. AND OF. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac,...
_one_sort _with another_ i.e. sons of Eleazar with sons of Ithamar. _the governors of the sanctuary, and governors_of the house _of God were of the sons_, etc.] R.V. THERE WERE PRINCES OF THE SANCTUAR...
GOVERNORS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD— _Governors of God, 1:_e. the judges, says Houbigant. The ministers of religion are expressed in the foregoing words, _the governors of the sanctuary._ Grotius has very j...
16. THE CLASSES OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES (Chapter 24) TEXT 1 Chronicles 24:1. And the courses of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2. But Nadab and...
_THUS WERE THEY DIVIDED BY LOT, ONE SORT WITH ANOTHER; FOR THE GOVERNORS OF THE SANCTUARY, AND GOVERNORS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, WERE OF THE SONS OF ELEAZAR, AND OF THE SONS OF ITHAMAR._ Thus were they...
THE COURSES OF THE SONS OF AARON 1. Divisions.. Aaron] i.e. courses of the priests, corresponding to the course of the Levites described in 1 Chronicles 23:6....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 24 Arrangement of the priests –...
THUS WERE THEY DIVIDED BY LOT, ONE SORT WITH ANOTHER. — Literally, _And they divided them by lots, these with those: i.e.,_ the sons of Eleazar with those of Ithamar, the clans of each standing togeth...
וַ יַּחְלְק֥וּם בְּ גֹורָלֹ֖ות אֵ֣לֶּה עִם ־א
With great care and perfect democracy of choice the courses of the priests were next set in order. There was a tactful mingling in the arrangement of the older and the younger men, so that in this hig...
Of God, great. Elohim also signifies "judges," and we might translate, "princes of the judges." (Grotius) (Du Hamel) --- These men occupied the first dignities of the priesthood, and of the judicature...
The division and arrangement begins very properly in the house of Aaron; for Aaron himself was called of God. Hebrews 5:4. And it was worthy observation that the appointment of this man's family to th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27. From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of everythi...
THUS WERE THEY DIVIDED BY LOT, ONE SORT WITH ANOTHER,.... Which course should serve first, and which next, and so on; and who should be the chief to each course; which course was to serve a week, and...
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors [of the house] of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. Ver. 5. _Thus w...
_Thus were they divided by lot_ That the business being committed, in this way, to the Divine disposal, there might be no occasion for complaint, and so all contentions might be prevented, as no man c...
1 The diuisions of the sonnes of Aaron by lot into foure and twenty orders. 20 The Kohathites, 27 and the Merarites diuided by lot. 1 NOW these are the diuisions of the sonnes of Aaron. [NOTE: Levi...
THUS WERE THEY DIVIDED BY LOT; partly to prevent that envy or emulation which otherwise might arise among them; and partly that all men's minds and consciences might be fully satisfied in the order no...
1 Chronicles 24:5 divided H2505 (H8799) lot H1486 group H428 another H428 officials H8269 sanctuary H6944 officials...
CONTENTS: The divisions of the priests and Levites for the temple service. CHARACTERS: God, David, Zadok, Ahimelech, Eleazer, Ithamar. CONCLUSION: God was, and is still, the God of order, particular...
1 Chronicles 24:5. _They were divided by lot,_ into twenty four courses. David might perhaps have interfered, and promoted one of each course to be the overseer of the other priests; but he did more w...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 24:1 David organizes the priests into 24 divisions by lot. Each division was to serve for two weeks of the year, based on a lunar calendar of 48 weeks....
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 24:5 Specific duties were assigned by drawing lots between the families of Eleazar and of Ithamar. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.] In this chapter we have divisions of the 24 orders of priests (1 Chronicles 24:1), and the classes of Levites who attended them in discharge of their sacred functions. _1 Chronicles 2...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 24:1 The twenty-four classes of priests. 1 CHRONICLES 24:1 The Hebrew of this verse reads, AND TO THE SONS OF AARON, THEIR DIVISIONS מַחְלְקוֹתָם); the sons of Aaron: Nadeb...
Now the order of the priest, the twenty-four orders of those that were to minister in the, actually, office of sacrifices and incense and so forth are first given in chapter 1 Chronicles 24:2 and thro...
1 Chronicles 9:11; 2 Chronicles 35:8; Acts 1:26; Acts 4:1; Acts 4:6;...
By lot — That the disposal thereof might be of the Lord, and so all contention be prevented, as no man could be charged with partiality, nor could any say, they had wrong done them. In like manner Mat...