Before he died, David appointed the Levites their duties in the new temple. To begin this process, he first divided the men according to their clan, then they cast lots to see who would do what. After the Gershonites, he numbered the Kohathites, and the Merarites, then they were given their duties. The sons of Aaron were numbered and cast lots for their temple assignments. Next the rest of the Levites did the same.
The men who played instruments were listed. The way the Bible describes this, it sounds like these skills were passed from father to son. All of them regardless of experience cast lots to find out which job they would fill.
There were many gatekeepers necessary (22 per day) for the temple. The lots were cast for the gates on the East Gate (6 men per day), North Gate (4 men per day), South Gate (4 men per day), West Gate (4 men at the road and 2 at the court itself), and the storehouse (2 men.) These gatekeepers were descendants of Korah and Merari.
Tomorrow read 1Chronicles 26:20-29:20
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