1 Chronicles 24:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance [given] unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣לֶּה פְקֻדָּתָ֞ם לַעֲבֹדָתָ֗ם לָב֤וֹא לְבֵית־יְהוָה֙ כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם בְּיַ֖ד אַהֲרֹ֣ן אֲבִיהֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔הוּ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ

Transliteration

ʾēlleh pəquddātām laʿăbōdātām lābôʾ ləbêt-yhwh kəmišpāṭām bəyad ʾahărōn ʾăbîhem kaʾăšer ṣiwwāhû yhwh ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*pəquddātām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their office/duty
*laʿăbōdātām*: preposition + feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for their service
*lābôʾ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to come/enter
*ləbêt*: preposition + construct masculine singular - to house of
*yhwh*: divine name - Yahweh
*kəmišpāṭām*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - according to their ordinance
*bəyad*: preposition + construct feminine singular - by hand of
*ʾahărōn*: proper name, masculine singular - Aaron
*ʾăbîhem*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their father
*kaʾăšer*: compound conjunction - as/just as
*ṣiwwāhû*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he commanded him
*ʾĕlōhê*: construct masculine plural - God of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name, masculine singular - Israel

Word Meanings

*pəquddātām*: their duties/offices/appointments
*kəmišpāṭām*: according to their ordinance/regulation/custom

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 9:25 : 25 And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
1 Chr 24:1 : 1 And the courses of the sons of Aaron [were these]. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 Chr 23:4 : 4 This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;
2 Chr 23:8 : 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath; with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
1 Cor 14:40 : 40 But let all things be done decently and in order.
Heb 7:11 : 11 Now if there was perfection {G2258} through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need [was there] that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

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