These were the divisions of the priests descendants of Aaron. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests as did Zadok descendant of Eleazar and Ahimelek descendant of Ithamar. Then David separated 24 priests (16 descendants of Eleazar and 8 descendants of Ithamar) giving them the order of ministering in the temple by casting lots. Then the non-priestly Levites were also divided according to their families and their relative duties were also distributed by casting lots. Thus God made it clear that worship in his house would need to be well organized, whilst also being ethically transparent as to the distribution of everyone's tasks and duties.
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