[¹] Or, trust.
15. in the cities] The priestly cities are given 1 Chronicles vi. 54–60.
to the great as to the small] i.e. to old and to young alike.
¹⁶beside them that were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even every one that entered into the house of the Lord, as the duty of every day required[¹], for their service in their charges according to their courses;
[¹] Or, for his daily portion.
16. beside] i.e. with the exception of.
as the duty of every day required] Or, as margin, for his daily portion.
¹⁷and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
17. and them that] Render probably and as for the registration of the priests it was made by their families....
¹⁸and them[¹] that were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office[²] they sanctified themselves in holiness: