1 Chronicles 24:17

1 Chronicles 24:17 Meaning and Explanation

The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

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The twenty-first course fell to Jachin and the twenty-second to Gamul.

What Does 1 Chronicles 24:17 Mean?

The list nears its end as the twenty-first lot falls to Jachin and the twenty-second to Gamul. The final households are being set into the cycle that would serve at the house of the Lord.

Even the last-numbered courses were as truly called as the first. In God's ordering there are no lesser servants, only different turns. The one who serves in the twenty-second week is as needed as the one in the first; the whole is incomplete without each part.

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The twenty-first course fell to Jachin and the twenty-second to Gamul.

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