John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another , etc.] Which course should serve first, and which next, and so on; and who should be the chief to each course; which course was to serve a week, and then go out; and this method was taken to prevent envy, strife, and contention about precedence: for the governors of the sanctuary ; or of the holy things, or who presided in things ecclesiastical: and governors of the house of God : or rather “governors of God”, appointed by him judges in civil things: were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar : there were, of both families, some employed both in sacred and civil things, and who presided in each.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the mor there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member ha its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and free elder and younger. The younger brethren, if faithful and sincere, shal be no less acceptable to Christ than the fathers. May we all be children of the Lord, fitted to sing his praises for ever in his templ above _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew וימצאו4672 בני1121 אלעזר499 רבים7227 לראשׁי7218 הגברים1397 מן4480 בני1121 איתמר385 ויחלקום2505 לבני1121 אלעזר499 ראשׁים7218 לבית1004 אבות1 שׁשׁה8337 עשׂר6240 ולבני1121 איתמר385 לבית1004 אבותם1 שׁמונה׃8083
