20<\/strong>. And the rest of the sons of Levi<\/em> were these: Of<\/em> etc.] R.V. And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of<\/strong> etc.<\/p>\n Amram<\/em> ] The four Kohathite families are now noticed in order, viz. Amram, Izhar (1Ch 24:22<\/span>), Hebron (1Ch 24:23<\/span>), Uzziel (1Ch 24:24<\/span>).<\/p>\n Shubael<\/em> ] Called “Shebuel” in 1Ch 23:16<\/span>; 1Ch 26:24<\/span>.<\/p>\n 20 31 (cp. 1Ch 23:13-23<\/span>). Families of the Levites<\/p>\n These verses repeat the list of Levitic families given in 1Ch 23:6-23<\/span> with the important omission of the whole of the Gershonites (1Ch 23:6-11<\/span>), but with some additions to the Kohathite and Merarite families.<\/p>\n The object of this second enumeration of the Levitical families (compare 1 Chr. 23:7-23<\/span>) seems to be the designation of the heads of the families in Davids time. The omission of the Gershonites is curious, and can only be accounted for by supposing that the author did not find any account of their heads in his authorities. The addition to the Merarites 1Ch 24:26-27<\/span> is also curious. It brings the number of families up to twenty-five, which is one more than we should have expected.<\/P> <\/p>\n The rest of the sons of Levi; <\/B>either such as were only Levites, and not priests; or rather, such as were not named or numbered before in this or the former chapter. <\/P> Jehdeiah; <\/B>who being, as it seems, an eminent person, or having a very numerous family, was not reckoned with or under his fathers family, but was accounted as a distinct head of another family. <\/P> <\/p>\n Ver. 20-30. And the rest of the sons of Levi were these<\/strong>,…. Who were not priests, only Levites; and from hence, to 1Ch 24:30<\/span> their names are given; of the sons of Amram, Shubael, and his son Jehdeiah; Rehabiah the son of Eleazar, and Isshiah the son of Rehabiah; of the Izharites, so called from Izhar, the brother of Amram, Shelomoth, and his son Jahath; and of the sons of Hebron, another brother of Amram, Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam; of the sons of Uzziel, another brother of Amram, Michah, and his son Shamir; Isshiah the brother of Michah, and his son Zechariah: the sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, his immediate sons; from whom sprung by Jaaziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur and Ibri; of Mahli sprung Eleazar, who had no sons; and Kish, whose son was Jerahmeel; the sons of Mushi, another son of Merari, Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth; most of these names are the same with those in 1Ch 23:16<\/span>,<\/p>\n these were the sons of the Levites, after the house of their fathers<\/strong>; some of the principal of them.<\/p>\n The classes of the Levites<\/em>. – The superscription, “As to the other Levites” (1Ch 24:20<\/span>), when compared with the subscription, “And they also cast lots, like to their brethren the sons of Aaron” (1Ch 24:31<\/span>), leads us to expect a catalogue of these classes of Levites, which performed the service in the house of God at the hand of, i.e., as assistants to, the priests. are the Levites still remaining after the enumeration of the priests. We might certainly regard the expression as including all the Levites except the Aaronites (or priests); but the statement of the subscription that they cast lots like the sons of Aaron, and the circumstance that in 1 Chron 25 the twenty-four orders of singers and musicians, in 1 Chron 26:1-19 the class of the doorkeepers, and in 1Ch 26:20-32<\/span> the overseers of the treasures, and the scribes and judges, are specially enumerated, prove that our passage treats only of the classes of the Levites who were employed about the worship. Bertheau has overlooked these circumstances, and, misled by false ideas as to the catalogue in 1 Chron 23:6-23, has moreover drawn the false conclusion that the catalogue in our verses is imperfect, from the circumstance that a part of the names of the fathers’-houses named in 23:6-23 recur here in 1Ch 23:20-29<\/span>, and that we find a considerable number of the names which are contained in 1 Chron 23:6-23 to be omitted from them. In 1Ch 23:20-25<\/span>, for example, we find only names of Kohathithes, and in 1Ch 23:26-29<\/span> of Merarites, and no Gershonites. But it by no means follows from that, that the classes of the Gershonites have been dropped out, or even omitted by the author of the Chronicle as an unnecessary repetition. This conclusion would only be warrantable if it were otherwise demonstrated, or demonstrable, that the Levites who were at the hand of the priests in carrying on the worship had been taken from all the three Levite families, and that consequently Gershonites also must have been included. But no such thing can be proved. Several fathers’-houses of the Gershonites were, according to 1Ch 26:20<\/span>., entrusted with the oversight of the treasures of the sanctuary. We have indeed no further accounts as to the employment of the other Gershonites; but the statements about the management of the treasures, and the scribes and judges, in 1Ch 26:20-32<\/span>, are everywhere imperfect. David had appointed 6000 men to be scribes and judges: those mentioned in 1Ch 26:29-32<\/span> amounted to only 1700 and 2700, consequently only 4400 persons in all; so that it is quite possible the remaining 1600 were taken from among the Gershonites. Thus, therefore, from the fact that the Gershonites are omitted from our section, we cannot conclude that our catalogue is mutilated. In it all the chief branches of the Kohathites are named, viz., the two lines descended from Moses’ sons (1Ch 24:20<\/span>, 1Ch 24:21<\/span>); then the Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites (1Ch 24:23-25<\/span>), and the main branches of the Merarites (1Ch 24:26-30<\/span>).<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:20<\/span> is to be taken thus: Of the sons of Amram, i.e., of the Kohathite Amram, from whom Moses descended (1Ch 23:13<\/span>), that is, of the chief Shubael, descended from Moses’ son Gershon (1Ch 23:16<\/span>), his son Jehdeiah, who as head and representative of the class made up of his sons, and perhaps also of his brothers, is alone mentioned.<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:21<\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong> Of the father’s-house Rehabiah, connected with Eliezer the second son of Moses (1Ch 23:16<\/span>); of the sons of this Rehabiah, Isshiah was the head.<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:22<\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong> Of the Izharites, namely of the father’s-house Shelomoth (1Ch 23:18<\/span>), his sons were under the head Jahath. The heads of the class formed by David mentioned in 1Ch 24:20-22<\/span>, Jehdeiah, Isshiah, and Jahath, are not met with in 1 Chron 23 – a clear proof that 1 Chron 23 treats of the fathers’-houses; our section, on the contrary, of the official classes of the Levites.<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:23-25<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/strong> 1Ch 24:23<\/span> treats of the Hebronites, as is clear from 1Ch 23:19<\/span>; but here the text is imperfect. Instead of enumerating the names of the chiefs of the classes into which David divided the four fathers’-houses into which Hebron’s descendants fell for the temple service, we find only the four names of the heads of the fathers’-houses repeated, just as in 1Ch 23:19<\/span>, – introduced, too, by as sons of…Bertheau would therefore interpolate the name after (according to 1Ch 23:19<\/span>). This interpolation is probably correct, but is not quite beyond doubt, for possibly only the of the four sons of Hebron named could be mentioned as being busied about the service of the sanctuary according to their divisions. In any case, the names of the heads of the classes formed by the Hebronites are wanting; but it is impossible to ascertain whether they have been dropped out only by a later copyist, or were not contained in the authority made use of by our historian, for even the lxx had our text.<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:26-30<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/strong> The classes of the Merarites. As to Jaaziah and his sons, see the remarks on 1Ch 23:31<\/span>. As Mahli’s son Eleazar had no sons, only Jerahmeel from his second son Kish, as head of the class formed by Mahli’s sons, is named. Of Mushi’s sons only the names of the four fathers’-houses into which they fell are mentioned, the chiefs of the classes not being noticed. The heads mentioned in our section are fifteen in all; and supposing that in the cases of the fathers’-houses of the Hebronites and of the Merarite branch of the Mushes, where the heads of the classes are not named, each father’s-house formed only one class, we would have only fifteen classes. It is, however, quite conceivable that many of the fathers’-houses of the Hebronites and Mushes were so numerous as to form more than one class; and so out of the Levite families mentioned in 1Ch 24:20-29<\/span> twenty-four classes could be formed. The subscription, that they cast the lot like their brethren, makes this probable; and the analogy of the division of the musicians into twenty-four classes (1 Chron 25) turns the probability that the Levites who were appointed to perform service for the priests, were divided into the same number of classes, into a certainty, although we have no express statement to that effect, and in the whole Old Testament no information as to the order of succession of the Levites is anywhere to be found.<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:31<\/span><\/p>\n , as in 1Ch 24:6<\/span>. In the last clause is used for , as stands frequently for in these catalogues. stands in apposition to , the father’s-house; the head even as his younger brother, i.e., he who was the head of the father’s-house as etc., i.e., the oldest among the brethren as his younger brethren. The Vulgate gives the meaning correctly: tam majores quam minores; omnes sors aequaliter dividebat <\/em>.<\/p>\n 20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these:<\/I> Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. 21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was<\/I> Isshiah. 22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. 23 And the sons of Hebron;<\/I> Jeriah the first,<\/I> Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24 Of<\/I> the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. 25 The brother of Michah was<\/I> Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. 26 The sons of Merari were<\/I> Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. 27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli came<\/I> Eleazar, who had no sons. 29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was<\/I> Jerahmeel. 30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were<\/I> the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. 31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.<\/P> Most of the Levites here named were mentioned before, ch.<\/I><\/span> xxiii. 16<\/span>, c. They were of those who were to attend the priests in the service of the house of God. But they are here mentioned again as heads of the twenty-four courses of Levites (and about so many are here named), who were to attend the twenty-four courses of the priests: they are therefore said to cast lots over against their brethren<\/I> (so they are called, not their lords<\/I>), the sons of Aaron,<\/I> who were not to lord it over God’s clergy,<\/I> as the original word is, 1 Pet. v. 3<\/span>. And, that the whole disposal of the affair might be of the Lord, the principal fathers cast lots over against their younger brethren that is, those that were of the elder house came upon he level with those of the younger families, and took their place, not by seniority, but as God by the lot directed. 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.<\/P> <\/p>\n More Levites, Verses 20-31<\/strong><\/p>\n The purpose of casting lots <\/em>for the men named here is not clear. They were ordinary Levites, the families of whom are first named in chapter 23. None of these is prominently mentioned elsewhere in the Scriptures. They may have served a specific function on behalf of the priests as may be suggested by verse 31. That it was very important is implied by the presence of the chief priests, the high priests, the chief of the Levitical families, and even King David, when the lot was cast.<\/em><\/p>\n Some lessons to note: 1) One awful mistake may result in lingering effect, though it may also serve as a long-time warning; 2) the testimony of a good man will also abide through the generations after him; 3) God has His purposes in deeds and events which may not always be clear to us.<\/p>\n (20) And the rest of the sons of Levi were these.<\/strong>Rather, And for the sons of Levi that were left over; i.e.,<\/em> after the priests had been separately dealt with. The list begins with the Kohathite heads, omitting the Gershonites (1Ch. 23:7-11<\/span>), perhaps owing to a lacuna<\/em> in the chroniclers MS. authority.<\/p>\n Of the sons of Amram; Shubael.<\/strong>For the sons.<\/em> Shubael is a variant of Shebuel<\/em> (1Ch. 23:16<\/span>). The same variation recurs in 1Ch. 25:4<\/span>; 1Ch. 25:20<\/span>. Shebuel was grandson to Moses (1Ch. 23:16<\/span>). Here the name represents a Levitical house or class, of which, in Davids time Jehdeiah (Jah gladdens<\/em>) was the head. The name Jehdeiah occurs again in 1Ch. 26:30<\/span>, and nowhere else in the Old Testament. (Comp. Jahdiel, God gladdens,<\/em> 1Ch. 5:24<\/span>.)<\/p>\n 20<\/strong>. <\/strong> The rest of the sons of Levi <\/strong> That is, those besides the priests just enumerated. These were connected more especially with the service in the temple, and were immediate assistants to the priests. A comparison of this list with that in 1Ch 23:7-23<\/span>, will show a number of differences. Of the Gershonites none are here named, and among the Kohathites and Merarites several names appear which are not found in chap. 23. The difference between the two lists seems to lie chiefly in this, that the former tabulates all the chief Levitical fathers, the latter only such as had some special relation to the priests in the temple service. The latter list has also some additional names, probably of “younger brethren,” (1Ch 24:31<\/span>,) of the Levitical houses, selected by lot to represent, like the priests, twenty-four courses. They may be tabulated as follows:<\/p>\n Kohathites. <\/p>\n Jehdelah.<\/p>\n Ishiah. <\/p>\n Shelomoth. <\/p>\n Jahath. <\/p>\n Jeriah. <\/p>\n Amariah. <\/p>\n Jahaziel. <\/p>\n Jekameam. <\/p>\n Michah. <\/p>\n Shamir. <\/p>\n Ishiah <\/p>\n Zechariah.<\/p>\n Merarites. <\/p>\n Mahil. <\/p>\n Mushi.<\/p>\n Jaaziah. <\/p>\n Shoham. <\/p>\n Zaccur.<\/p>\n Ibri. <\/p>\n Eleazar. <\/p>\n Kish. <\/p>\n Jerahmeel. <\/p>\n Mabil. <\/p>\n Eder. <\/p>\n Jerimoth.<\/p>\n Genealogy of the Rest of Levi’s Sons<\/p>\n v. 20. And the rest of the sons of Levi were these,<\/strong> those that remained after the enumeration of the priests: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. <\/p>\n v. 21. Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah the first was Isshiah,<\/strong> 1Ch 23:17<\/span>; <\/p>\n v. 22. of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath; <\/p>\n v. 23. and the sons of Hebron,<\/strong> 1Ch 23:19<\/span>: Jeriah, the first; Amariah, the second; Jahaziel, the third; Jekameam, the fourth; <\/p>\n v. 24. of the sons of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, Shamir. <\/p>\n v. 25. The brother of Michah was Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. <\/p>\n v. 26. The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi,<\/strong> 1Ch 23:21<\/span>; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno; <\/p>\n v. 27. the sons of Merari by Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. <\/p>\n v. 28. of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons,<\/strong> 1Ch 23:22<\/span>. <\/p>\n v. 29. Concerning Kish: The son of Kish was Jerahmeel. <\/p>\n v. 30. The sons also of Mushi,<\/strong> 1Ch 23:23<\/span>: Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. <\/p>\n v. 31. These likewise cast lots over against their brethren, the sons of Aaron, in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. <\/strong> It appears from this verse that the Levites were also divided into special classes, and that the work assigned to each class was likewise determined by lot, the younger brother, in this case, being given equal representation with the brother who represented the father-house. So not only the principal offices in the congregation, but the auxiliary ones as well, ought to he considered with proper seriousness, lest the Church of Christ be harmed by haphazard choosing of officers. <\/p>\n How particular the Holy Ghost is in the enumeration of the names of God’s servants! Reader, depend upon it, the least and most inconsiderable in God’s house is neither overlooked nor forgotten by him.<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi [were these]: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. And the rest of the sons of Levi,<\/strong> ] sc., <\/em> Besides the priests afore mentioned; and besides the Gershonites set down before. 1Ch 23:7 <\/p>\n the rest of the sons of Levi. Verses 20-30 give the names of the heads of the twenty-four courses of Levites enumerated in 1Ch 23:6-23. <\/p>\n 1Ch 24:20-31<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:20-31<\/p>\n ORDERING OF THE OTHER LEVITES<\/p>\n “And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. And of the sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekemeam the fourth. The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno. The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno and Shoham, and Zaccri, and Ibri. Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers’ houses. These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.”<\/p>\n “It should be remembered that these lists of names represent families rather than individuals, and that a number of these families continued into N.T. times (for example, Zacharias was of the line of Abijah, Luk 1:5).”<\/p>\n Interesting as the omission is, we can give no reason for the omission of the family of Gershon.<\/p>\n The variations in these lists is of no importance. “Some of these courses died out, or had to be consolidated with others; and new ones were formed to take their place. At the time of the return from exile, 538 B.C., only four of these courses were operative.”<\/p>\n Any intelligent criticism of any of these lists would therefore have to begin with the exact date of it.<\/p>\n E.M. Zerr:<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:20-31. These verses are all grouped into one paragraph because no distinct interest is had in any one. It is a list of persons belonging to the blood of Levi, yet not of the “chief men” who formed the courses of the priesthood. There was much work required in the service of the Lord besides the actual service of the priesthood, and the men enumerated in this paragraph were used for that.<\/p>\n Amram: 1Ch 6:18, 1Ch 23:12-14 <\/p>\n Shubael: 1Ch 23:16, 1Ch 26:24, Shebuel <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ch 25:4 – Shebuel 2Ch 8:14 – the Levites 2Ch 31:17 – by their courses<\/p>\n 1Ch 24:20. The rest of the sons of Levi Either such as were only Levites, and not priests, or such as were not named or numbered before, in this or the former chapter. The sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah Who being, as it seems, an eminent person, or having a very numerous family, was not reckoned with or under his fathers family, but was accounted as a distinct head of another family.<\/p>\n And the rest of the sons of Levi [were these]: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. 20. And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of etc.] R.V. 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