1 Chronicles 24:1

The Hebrew of this verse reads , And to the sons of Aaron, their divisions מַחְלְקוֹתָם ); the sons of Aaron: Nadeb and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. The word "divisions" is the same word that is translated "courses" in 1 Chronicles 24:6 , and which verse also would read literally, "And David divided them divisions to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari." Our present verse evidently continues both the subject and construction of that verse. Of the four sons ( Exodus 6:23 ), two died without issue, viz. Nadab and Abihu ( 1 Chronicles 24:2 ); and the other two have to supply the "chief men of the house," viz. Eleazar sixteen, and Ithamar eight ( 1 Chronicles 24:4 ).