Psalm 30 | 1 Chronicles 25-26

Day 124 - Saturday, May 04

Like what David had organized in the previous chapter, where 24 courses of priestly families were set up for service to the Lord in His tabernacle (and later in the Temple), David also sets aside another course of 24 families, under the direction of the worship leader in Israel (Asaph), to play and sing music in the place of God’s presence (tabernacle of David at this time, and in Solomon’s temple in the future).

David also organizes the rest of the descendants of Levi, who were not assigned priestly duties, who served in more menial and administrative functions in Jerusalem, and throughout Israel. They were the doorkeepers to the house of the Lord, and also of the gates of Jerusalem. They were treasurers and bureaucrats representing the king throughout the land.