Justin Houtz

1 Chronicles 24, Acts 13

DateVersionReading Plan
December 28, 2025ESV (2016)OT/NT Plan 2025 – 2027

1 Chronicles 24

Observation & Interpretation

1 Chron. 24:2 – Nadab and Abihu died before their father.

  • Nadab and Abihu offered unauthorized fire.
  • The Chronicler does not mention that Nadab and Abihu died prematurely because they defiled the tabernacle (Lv. 10:1-2). It was more important to him that since they died without children, they had no descendants to include in the priestly divisions. (CSB Notes)

1 Chron. 24:4 – More chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than of Ithamar, This drove how they were to be organized.

  • Since Eleazar’s descendants outnumbered Ithamar’s by a ratio of two to one, it made sense that of the twenty-four divisions, Eleazar should get sixteen shifts, and Ithamar only eight. (CSB Notes)

1 Chron. 24:31 – The head of each fathers’ house, and his younger brothers alike, cast lots.

  • The Levites also cast their lot before David and the princes. The lot apparently determined the division to which each man was assigned. (BBC)

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