19 Of the ſons of Hebron ; Jeriah the firſt, Ama- 7###/pled.. rjah the ſecond, Jahaziel the third; and Jekameam the fourth.
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Chap. X XIV. L. | ; by the Levites on their behalf were multiplied,
| the Temple was much greater than that of the therefore more of theLevites were to be imployed,and conſequent- ly they were to be ſooner taken into Service.
| ” 25 For David ſaid, the LORD God of Iſrael hath | 1 Or, andgiven reſt unto his People || that they may dwell in Je- I he dweleth ruſalem for ever. |
{| in Jeruſe= 26 And alſo unto the Levites r, they ſhall no more tm, $6 carry theTabernacle,nor any veſſels of it for the ſervice
thereof. | ' » Or rather,as concerning the Levites,of
he Work of Sanftuary ; and ſo it may ſeem to make this Diviſion impro — tw and and irregular, the ſeveral Members of it being altogether the ne: Oc rather, of the things of God, 7. e. of all perſons miniſtring in che Sanftuary, and of all Holy Miniſtrations done in it, and of all other matters of the Lord, as they are called by way of diſtinction rom the Kings matters, 2 Chron, 19. 11,
6 And Shemajah the ſon of Nathaneel the ſcribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the prieſt, and Ahimelech the fon of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the
Prieſts and Levites : one Þ principal houſhold being ta-+ Heb.
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whom he is here ſpeaking:
; : ken for Eleazar, and exe taken for Ithamar houſe of th < # je of the
. 27. For by the laſt words of David s, 2 TIC f Or,the Chief (which word 1s eaſily ſupplied out - context)? #4.
+ Heb. were T numbred from twenty years old and a oVe. out of one houſe of the fathers was taken (to wit,by Lot) for Eleazar (i.e
numbcr. s By his laſt Order and Conſtitution made by Gods dir Eftion & | yt of his Family) and that which was taken after it was taken for Itha
+ Heb:
ne | : | (> of the LORD, in | ® The third to Harim, the fourth to SEOrim. 6s +9700 aan for the ſervice - = — in the purifying 9 The fifth to Malchijah, the fixth to Mijamin, $ the courts, and in the chambers, ] Io The ſeventh to Hakk h heb wo # £6: hand of the OF 11 holy things t, and the work of the ſervice of the OZ, the eighth to * Abjjah,* Netis; for of © of God 3 1x The ninth to Jeſhua, the tenth to Shecaniah, «, 17. Aaron. g
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by the Spirit, as hath been once and again noted and proved before. This i here added to ſignifie,that this great Affair was thus anni byDavid,not in his younger years,when it mighr have been ___ oht to have the effe& of youthful Heat,and Contidence, and Preſump- tion,and Raſhneſs,but when he was come to the greateſt Maturity, when he was old and near his death,and going to give up his Ac- count to his Lord and Maker, of all his Actions, , of the Alterations which he made in the Service of God;which ic declared was done by the ſpirit of God, Theſe were 1n a manner his dying words, which uſually make the deepeſt impreſſions: c 28 Becauſe + their office was to wait on the ſons 0
2 5. e. Holy places, and Garments, and Veſſels, and Sacrifices, [which were to be waſhed and cleanſed from any Filthineſs which -poſſibly might cleave to them.
5] <v.6:30-1-..29-Both for-cthe ſhew-bread, and for * the fine flour
and particularly Þ
mar,i.e. out of his Family. The meaning is,that the firſt Lot fell to Eleazar, and the ſecond to Ithamar ; and the third to Eleazar, and the fourth to thamar ; and ſo ſucceſſively, until all the families of Ithamar had received their Lots: And afterwards all the Lots came forth to the reſt of El:azars Families, whichwere double in number to thoſe of Ithamar, as was ſaid v. 4.
7 Now the firſt lot came forth g to Jehojarib, the ſecond to Jedajah,
g To wit, out of the Veſſels in which all the Lots were promiſe cuouſly put together, and out of which they were ſeverally taken.
13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Je. ſhebeab,
14 The fifceenth to Bilgah, the fixteenth to Immer,
Chap: 9: :for meat offering,and for the unleavened cakes,and for 15 The ſeventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to 29,&c. that which is baked in the || pan, and for thar which is | Aphbſes. yrs # fryed, and for all manner of meaſure and ciſe «. 16 The ninteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to
Gods Law.
# This is to be underſtood either, 1. particularly of the Meaſure Or Quantity of-fine Flour, and Wine, and Ol), which was fixed by Or generally of all Meaſures uſed either inSacred or
Civil Things,the publick Standards whereof were kept in the San-
ctuary or Temple; of which ſee on Exod:3e:13. and thereof the care
of keeping them inviolable and producing them upon Occaſion,
muſt -needs belong to the Prieſts, under them to the Levites, who
were to examine other Meaſures and all things by them, as oft
as occaſion required ; that ſo the Prieſts might be at more leiſure
For their higher and greater Employments. | :
" 30 And to ſtand every mornings to thank and praiſe the LORD, and likewiſe at even x.
. x The two Solemn Times of offering Sacrifices : which Work was attended with Publick Prayer and Thankſgiving.
31 And to ofter all burnt-facrifices unto the LORD in the ſabbarhs,in the new moons,and on the ſet feaſts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them y continually before the LORD :
7 7.e. Unto thoſe Perſons, the Levites, of whom he ſpeaks. Or, conccrning them, 7. e. abour thoſe things-
32 And that they ſhould keep the charge of the ta- bernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the
Jehezekel.
17 The one and twenticth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
18 The three and twentieth to Delajah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. |
| 19 Theſe were the orderings of them in their ſer- vice h, to come into the houſe of the LORD, accord-
ding to their manner z, under Aaron their father &, as the LORD God of Iſrael had. commanded him.
h In this order and method they were to come to perform the Offices of the Temple. # i.e. To come into the meetiplo every Sabbath-day, and to continue there all the Week along until the next Sabbath, when they were relived by others,as the manner was: See 2 Kings 11:5. 1Chron:9: 25. ki. e. Under the inſpection and direction of the High-prieſt, whom he calls Aaron, becauſe he repreſented his Perſon,and executed his office, and alſo came out of his Loyns, and ther father, becauſe of the authority which by Gods appointment he had over them,and that love,reverence,and obedi- ence which they owed to him.