24:7 Now the first {b} lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
(b) This lot was ordained to take away all occasion of envy or grudging of one against another.
24:7 Came - Out of the vessel in which all the lots were put together, and out of which they were severally taken.
24:1-31 The divisions of the priests and Levites. - When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and free, elder and younger. The younger brethren, if faithful and sincere, shall be no less acceptable to Christ than the fathers. May we all be children of the Lord, fitted to sing his praises for ever in his temple above.
