1 Chronicles 24:19
in 1 Chronicles 24This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance given unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
KJV
These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 24
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
These were the orderings ... - i. e., “this was the numerical order fixed for their ministerial attendance in the house of the Lord - an attendance which was after the manner determined for them by their forefather Aaron, according to instructions which he received from God.”
This site's exposition
The fifteenth to Bilgah
on 1 Chronicles 24:14-19
The roster runs to its twenty-fourth lot, Maaziah, and verse 19 closes it with a claim about its own authority, that this order was set as the LORD God of Israel had commanded Aaron, not invented by David for his own convenience. Only a few of these course names, Jedaiah, Harim and Immer among them, resurface in Ezra's list of priests who returned from exile, so the scheme David set up here served the second temple in reduced form. The chapter tells no story in this stretch of names; its case is the order itself, fair to every house whichever place it drew.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
These were the orderings of them,....
Note, In Christ no difference is made between bond and free, elder and younger. The younger brethren, if they be faithful and sincere, shall be no less acceptable to Christ than the principal fathers.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Under Aaron their father - That is, they followed the order and plans laid down by Aaron during his lifetime.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
These are their appointment[s] to their service Those who are written here are the heads of the watches. Their appointments were over the watches.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| פְקֻדָּתָ֞ם | fekudatam | [were] group[s] their | H6486 → | 32 times |
| לַעֲבֹדָתָ֗ם | laavodatam | for service their | H5656 → | 145 times |
| לָב֤וֹא | lavo' | to go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְבֵית־ | leveit- | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם | kemishpatam | according to ordinance their | H4941 → | 422 times |
| בְּיַ֖ד | beyad | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֣ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| אֲבִיהֶ֑ם | ʾavihem | ancestor their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֔הוּ | tzivahu | he had commanded him | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֥י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
אֵ֣לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
פְקֻדָּתָ֞ם[were] group[s] their
fekudatamH6486 →32 times
לַעֲבֹדָתָ֗םfor service their
laavodatamH5656 →145 times
לָב֤וֹאto go
lavo'H935 →2568 times
לְבֵית־to [the] house of
leveit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔םaccording to ordinance their
kemishpatamH4941 →422 times
בְּיַ֖דby [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
אַהֲרֹ֣ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
אֲבִיהֶ֑םancestor their
ʾavihemH1 →1212 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֔הוּhe had commanded him
tzivahuH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 14:40But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
it leads to
- Colossians 2:5
For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
- Titus 1:5
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:26–33
What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the…
- 1 Corinthians 11:34
If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
- Romans 13:13
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- Colossians 2:5
Through
Hebrews 7:11Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of…
it leads to
- Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
- Galatians 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
- Hebrews 8:7
Through
1 Chronicles 9:25Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 11:5
and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace,
- 2 Kings 11:5
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
