Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 24:2
But Nadab and Abihu died (a) before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
(a) While their father yet lived.
But Nadab and Abihu died (a) before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
(a) While their father yet lived.
Verse 1 Chronicles 24:2. _NADAB AND ABIHU DIED BEFORE THEIR FATHER_] That is, during his lifetime. _ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR EXECUTED THE PRIEST'S OFFICE._] These two served the office during the life of...
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....
CHILDREN. sons....
_Nadab and Abihu died_ By fire from heaven as a punishment for sacrilege; Leviticus 10:1-2; Numbers 3:4....
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...
_BUT NADAB AND ABIHU DIED BEFORE THEIR FATHER, AND HAD NO CHILDREN: THEREFORE ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR EXECUTED THE PRIEST'S OFFICE._ Nadab and Abihu died before their father - i:e., not in his presence,...
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 –...
BUT NADAB AND ABIHU DIED BEFORE THEIR FATHER. — Leviticus 10:1 tells why: viz., because they offered “strange fire” before the Lord. (See also Numbers 3:4, from which our text appears to be derived.)...
וַ יָּ֨מָת נָדָ֤ב וַ אֲבִיהוּא֙ לִ פְנֵ֣י
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...
_Before. Hebrew, "in the presence of." See Leviticus x. 2. --- Priesthood, under Aaron. Eleazar succeeded him, and the posterity of Ithamar obtained the dignity under Heli._...
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...
BUT NADAB AND ABIHU DIED BEFORE THEIR FATHER,.... While he was living, see Leviticus 10:1 AND HAD NO CHILDREN, THEREFORE ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR EXECUTED THE PRIESTS' OFFICE: otherwise, as Jarchi observe...
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. Ver. 2. _But Nadab and Abihu died._] And, as it is thought, in their dru...
_These are the divisions of the sons of Aaron_ The several branches into which that family was divided. _Therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office_ Their brethren being dead, and leav...
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...
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, when they attempted to bring sacrifices which were not commanded by the Lord, Numbers 3:4, AND HAD NO CHILDREN; THEREFORE ELEAZAR AND ITHAMAR EXECUTED THE...
THE DIVISIONS OF THE PRIESTS...
i.e. Were the only persons to whom and to whose families the execution of that office was committed....
1 Chronicles 24:2 Nadab H5070 Abihu H30 died H4191 (H8799) before H6440 father H1 children H1121 Eleazar H499 It
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...
_But Nadab and Abihu died before their father._ THE DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU Learn: I. That sin inverts the natural order of things. “They died before their father.” II. That sin deprives of bless...
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 24:2 NADAB AND ABIHU DIED. See Leviticus 10:1. The priesthood was hereditary. It descended through the lines of...
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...
Exodus 24:1; Exodus 24:9; Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 10:12; Leviticus 10:2;
Therefore, &c. — Were the only persons to whom the execution of that office was committed....