Thus they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, both from the descendants of Eleazar and the descendants of Ithamar.All right, I'm confused again. Here we've just had a listing of all the families, and who was given what post, and there is absolutely no indication of what the posts are. It just said that so-and-so's family was drawn first, and such-and-such was drawn second. What are they doing with the lots?
Is it an assignment for which family will be doing a specific duty? Is it a specification of what order they will rotate through duties in? Is it a designation of who will serve in the Temple, and who will serve in the other Levite communities throughout Israel? There is far too little information given here, and that confuses (and therefore annoys) me.
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