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Text -- 1 Chronicles 24:1-9 (NET)
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David Organizes the Priests
24:1 The divisions of Aaron’s descendants were as follows: The sons of Aaron : Nadab , Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar .
24:2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons . Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
24:3 David , Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar ), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar ) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities .
24:4 The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar , so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders , while the descendants of Ithamar had eight .
24:5 They divided them by lots , for there were officials of the holy place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar .
24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel , a Levite , wrote down their names before the king , the officials , Zadok the priest , Ahimelech son of Abiathar , and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar , and then the next from Ithamar .
24:7 The first lot went to Jehoiarib , the second to Jedaiah ,
24:8 the third to Harim , the fourth to Seorim ,
24:9 the fifth to Malkijah , the sixth to Mijamin ,
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NET Notes: 1Ch 24:4 Heb “And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more, with respect to the heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them. To the so...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 24:5 Heb “and they divided them by lots, these with these, for the officials of the holy place and the officials of God were from the sons of Eleazar...
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