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1 Chronicles 24:5 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 24 · verse 5 · King James Version
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.1 Chronicles 24:5 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 24:5 in context
3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
4And there were more 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 were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
Key words (Strong's)
- governorssara head personH8269 →
- sanctuaryqôdesha sacred place or thingH6944 →
- dividedchâlaqto be smoothH2505 →
- EleazarʼElʻâzârElazar, the name of seven IsraelitesH499 →
- IthamarʼÎythâmârIthamar, a son of AaronH385 →
- sortʼêl-lehthese or thoseH428 →
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