“ Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, ”
Now the first (b) lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, (b) This lot was ordained to take away all occasion of envy or grudging of one against another.
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...
lot came forth. See notes on Exodus 28:30 . Jehoiarib. The twenty-four courses took, and kept, the names of these first heads (verses: 1 Chronicles 24:7-18 ). Each officiated. week (Sabbath to...
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
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 .
Jehoiarib... Jedaiah. — See 1 Chronicles 9:10 . The Maccabean princes were of the house of Jehoiarib (1M Malachi 2:1 ). Came forth. — From the urn ( Joshua 16:1 ; Joshua 19:1 ).
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 hi...
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...
Ver. 7-18. Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib ,.... And the other twenty three to the following persons in order: Jedaiah, Harim, Seorim, Malchijah, Mijamin, Hakkoz, Abijah, Jeshua, Shecani...
The Courses of the Priests. B. C. 1015. 1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of A...
The first lot came forth, to wit, out of the vessel, in which all the lots were promiscuously put together, and out of which they were severally taken.
CRITICAL NOTES.] In this chapter we have divisions of the 24 orders of priests ( 1 Chronicles 24:1-19 ), and the classes of Levites who attended them in discharge of their sacred functions. 1 Chro...
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 mor...
EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 24:1-13 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 s...
The Divisions of the Priests
1 Chronicles 9:10 ; Ezra 2:36 ; Nehemiah 11:10 ; Nehemiah 12:19 ; Nehemiah 7:39
Came — Out of the vessel in which all the lots were put together, and out of which they were severally taken.