20 And the reſt of che ſons of Levi / were theſe. Of the ſons of Amram, * Shubael :
12 The eleventh to Eliaſhib, the twelfth to Jakim, Luke i:5,
of the ſons of Shuba-» clap! holy place, and the charge of the ſons of Aaron z their ,
el ; Jehdejah . No brethren, in the ſervice of the houſe of the LORD,
: : 16; Either ſuch as were only Levites,and not Prieſts:or rather, ſuch 5;
& 7. e. What the Prieſts ſhould commit to their charge, or com-
mand them to do. CHAP. XXIV.
The Prieſts are divided by Lot into 24 Ord:«rs, 1 19. Avniſfters al- lotted them out of the Levites, out of the Tribe of the Kohathites and
as were not named or numbred before in this or the formerChapter.
vw Who being, as it ſeems, an eminent perſon, or having a very
| numerous Family, was not reckoned with or under his Fathers Fa* mily, but was accounted as a diſtinct Head of another Family.
' 21 Concerning Rehabiah » : of the ſons of Reha-
biah, the firſt o was Jeſhiah. -
Merarires, 20 3k, me 2 The ſon of Eliezer, chap» 23-17. o By Birth, or Place. Ow theſe are the diviſions @ of the ſons of Aaron: | 2, Of the Izharite ; * Shelomoth p : of the ſons of «ch; *Ley. Io. * The ſons of Aaron ; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar | g1elymoth » Jahath. | Shelomit 1,5. and Ithamar. - : ; : - p Called alſo Shelomich, chap. 23. 18, | - a e. Ig nv" Branches into which that Family was 6Gi- 23 And the ſons of * Hebron ; Jeriah the firft q, Ama- +, 39, vided or diſtributed. ? ; : : | - ” 239% *Numb:3 2 But * Nadab and Abihu died before their father, riah the ſecond, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the & 163!-
fourth.
q Which word is fitly ſupplied both out of the reſt of this verſe the ſecond,third,and fourth having a manifeſt reference to the firſt,and out of 1 Chron:23:19. and 26:31. where it is expreſſed.
24 Of the ſons of Uzziel ; Michah : of the ſons of Michah ; Shamir.
25 The brother of Michah was Isſhiah : of the ſons of Isſhiah : Zechariah.
26 The ſontis of Merari were, Mahli and Muſhi : the {ons of Jaaziah r; Beno.
r The ſon either of Mahli: or rather of Muſhi laſt named ; for Mahli's Poſterity comes wv: 28.
27 The ſons of Merari by Jaaziah 3 Beno s ; and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
5 Whoſe name is here repeated with his Brethren,becauſe he was the Firſt-born and Head of the reſt, who were all rekconed with and under his Family, as if they had been Branches of iit.
28 'Of Mahli came Eleazar, * who had no ſons.
4:826:6i: and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar | executed the prieſts office b. .
b i.e. Were the only Perſons to whom and to the Execution of that Office was committed.
2 And David diſtributed them, + both Zadok of the ſdns of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the ſons of Ithamar according to their Offices c in their ſervice.
c Or, courſes : or, prefeFures, i. e. Allotting to each of them ſeveral times wherein they or theirs ſhould by turns have the Govern- ment of Holy Miniſtrations in the Temple Service.
4 And there were moe chief men found of the ſons of Eleazar, than of the ſons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the ſons of Eleazar, there ere ſixteen chief men of the houſe of heir fathers, and eight among the ſons of Ithamar, according to the houſe of their fathers. .
5 Thus were they divided by Lot 4, one ſort with +Heb:he another ; for | the governours of the ſanctuary, and
whoſe Families
# Chap-
29 Concerning Kiſhz; the ſon of Kiſh was Jerah- ,: rk M gOvernours of the heuſe ofGod e,were of the ſons ofElea- | me 64 = | i j 3:23 ary, aud Za, and of the ſons of Ithamar. © Another of Mzþli"s Sons,as ppears from I Chron: 23: 21. princes of Partly to prevent that envy or Emulation which otherwiſe 20 The ſons alſo of Mujhi : Mahli, and Eder, and God. . might ariſe among them: and partly thar all mens minds and Con- ; , ;
Jerimoth. Theſe were the ſons of the Levites, after che
Genz23:6. ſciences might be fully ſatisfied in the Order now eſtabliſhed by houſe of their fathers 31 'Thefo
this Divine way of Deciſion. e But that is no other than the
Xiy, Fap- XXV-
eh: 12; 17. ke i: 5,
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| [oewiſe Nethaniah, and || Afarelah, the fons of Aſaph under ſurtlph, ofthe Range | Or;.
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the ſons of Aaron «, in the preſence of David the king, | and Zadok and Ahimelech, and the chiefof the fathers of the Prieſts and Levites, even the principal fathers over againſt their younger brethren x. | ui e. Anſwerable for Number and Order to thoſe of the Prieſts, ſo as there ſhould be a ſeveral ccurſe of the Levites for each courſe of the Prieſts: This is expreſſed concerning the Singers, <<. 25- and the like is implied concerning the Porters, ch. 26. and is here ſuthci- ently intimated concerning thoſe Levites which wereemployed in other Sacred Miniſtrations- x The Lots of the elder and younger Brethren were promiſcuouſly put together,and the order was ſettled as the Lots came forth, withour any regard to the Age or Dignity or Number of the Perſons or Families, the youngeſt Family having
the firſt Courſe if they had the firſt Lot, &' C 1% A Fs AAS.
The number and Offices of the Singers out of the ſons of Aſaph, Heman, and Feduthung, 1——7. Their divijim by Lot into 24 Orders, 8 31.
Oreover, David and the captains of the hoſt z ſaparated b to the ſervice of the ſons of * Aſaph,
9. 2Chr. and of * Heman, and of * Jeduthun c, who ſhould
| prophecy d with harps, with pſalteries,and with cymbals ;
' and the number of the workwen e, according to their ſervice, was ;