¹⁹ These had as their appointed duty in their service ^(A)to come into the house of the Lord according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

²⁵ And their kinsmen who were ^(A)in their villages were obligated to come ^(B)in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,

Jesus Compared to Melchizedek

^11 (A)Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

^40 (A)But all things should be done decently and ^(B)in order.

⁸ The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men, who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss ^(A)the divisions.

⁴ This is the thing that you shall do: ^(A)of you priests and Levites who come off duty on the Sabbath, one third shall be gatekeepers,

David Organizes the Priests

24 The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of ^(A)Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.