## Rashi on I Chronicles Chapter 24

###### Rashi on I Chronicles 24:1:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 24:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/24:1:1)

**וְלִבְנֵי אַהֲרֹן.** פִּתְרוֹן: אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְגוֹמֵר, עַל **מַחְלְקוֹתָם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And of the sons of Aaron** The meaning is: These are the sons of Aaron, etc. according to their divisions.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 24:2:1
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**וַיָּמָת נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא וְגוֹ׳ וּבָנִים לֹא הָיוּ לָהֶם.** לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ לָהֶם בָּנִים כִּהֲנוּ אֶלְעָזָר וְאִיתָמָר בִּמְקוֹמָם, אֲבָל אִם הָיוּ לְנָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּ בָּנִים, הָיוּ קוֹדְמִים לְאֶלְעָזָר וְאִיתָמָר בִּכְהוּנָּה גְּדוֹלָה; שֶׁכֵּן מָצִינוּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי יְהוֹצָדָק אָבִיו שֶׁל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הָיָה (עזרא ג:ח), וִיהוֹצָדָק וְעֶזְרָא בְּנֵי שְׂרָיָה הָיוּ, דִּכְתִיב ״וּשְׂרָיָה הוֹלִיד אֶת יְהוֹצָדָק״ (דברי הימים א ה:מ) וּבְעֶזְרָא כְּתִיב ״עֶזְרָא בֶּן שְׂרָיָה״ (עזרא ז:א), וִיהוֹצָדָק הָלַךְ בַּגּוֹלָה לְבָבֶל, וּכְשֶׁעָלוּ מִבָּבֶל עָלָה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְשִׁמֵּשׁ וְלֹא שִׁמֵּשׁ עֶזְרָא, לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה יְהוֹצָדָק הַבְּכוֹר וְקִדְּמוֹ בֵּין אֶחָיו הַבְּכוֹר, כְּדִכְתִיב בִּנְבוּאַת חַגַּי ״יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן יְהוֹצָדָק הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל״ (חגי א:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Nadab and Abihu died, etc., and they had no sons** Since they had no sons, Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in their stead, but if Nadab and Abihu had had children, they would have preceded Eleazar and Ithamar in the high priesthood, for so we find with Ezra (3:9), for Jehozadak was Joshua’s father, and Jehozadak and Ezra were the sons of Seraiah, as it is written: (above 5:41): “... and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.” And in Ezra (7:1), it is written: “Ezra the son of Seraiah.” And Jehozadak went into exile to Babylon, and when they came up from Babylon, Joshua went up and served, but Ezra did not serve because Jehozadak was the firstborn, and the son of his firstborn brother preceded him, as is written in the prophecy of Haggai (1:1): “Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the High Priest.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 24:3:1
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**וַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ מִן בְּנֵי אִיתָמָר.** זֶה אֲחִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן אֶבְיָתָר, כְּדְמוּכַח בְּסָמוּךְ **וַיִּכְתְּבֵם שְׁמַעְיָה וְגוֹ׳**, עַד **וַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן אֶבְיָתָר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Ahimelech was of the sons of Ithamar** This is Ahimelech the son of Ebiathar, as is proven immediately following (verse 6): “And Shemaiah, etc. wrote them...” until “and Ahimelech the son of Ebiathar.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 24:4:1
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**וַיְּחַלְּקוּם לִבְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר רָאשִׁים לְבֵית אָבוֹת שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר.** מִתְּחִלָּה בְּמִשְׁכַּן שִׁילֹה לֹא הָיוּ כִּי אִם שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מִשְׁמָרוֹת, שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאֶלְעָזָר וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאִיתָמָר, כַּמְפֹרָשׁ בְּמַסֶּכֶת תַּעֲנִית (כז.); וּכְשֶׁרָאָה דָוִד שֶׁהָיוּ **רָאשֵׁי** הַגְּבוּרִים לְאֶלְעָזָר רַבִּים, חִלְּקָם לְכָל מִשְׁמָר וּמִשְׁמָר שֶׁל אֶלְעָזָר לִשְׁנַיִם, וְהֶעֱמִידָם עַל שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מִשְׁמָרוֹת, וּמִשְׁמֶרֶת בְּנֵי אִיתָמָר הֶעֱמִיד עַל מַעֲמַד מִשְׁמָר כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה עַל שְׁמֹנֶה מִשְׁמָרוֹת. וְכֵן מוֹכִיחַ בְּסָמוּךְ: **בֵּית אָב אֶחָד אָחֻז לְאֶלְעָזָר וְאֶחָד אָחֻז לְאִיתָמָר** – כְּלוֹמַר: כְּאָחוּז לְמַעֲמָד לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת שֶׁבַּמִּשְׁכָּן כְּמוֹ כֵן הֶעֱמִידָן דָּוִד עַתָּה בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and thus they were divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads of the fathers’ houses** Originally, in the Tabernacle of Shiloh, there were no more than sixteen watches: eight from Eleazar and eight from Ithamar, as is delineated in Tractate *Taanith* (27), but when David saw that the men of Eleazar were many, he divided each watch of Eleazar into two and made them sixteen watches, but the watch of the sons of Ithamar he left as the watches had originally been, viz. of eight watches. This is proven immediately following (verse 6): “... one father’s house established for Eleazar, and what was established for Ithamar remained established,” i.e., as it was established [that they] be stationed as a watch in the Tabernacle, so did David station them now in the Temple.”


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 24:5:1
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**וַיַּחְלְקוּם בְּגוֹרָלוֹת אֵלֶּה עִם אֵלֶּה.** לְמִי יִפּוֹל הַגּוֹרָל לִהְיוֹת רִאשׁוֹן אוֹ שֵׁנִי אוֹ שְׁלִישִׁי אוֹ רְבִיעִי, וְכֵן כֻּלָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they divided them by lots, these with those** to whom the lot would fall to be first or second or third or fourth, and so all of them.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 24:6:1
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**וַיִּכְתְּבֵם שְׁמַעְיָה.** לִהְיוֹת לָהֶם לְזִכָּרוֹן מִי רִאשׁוֹן וּמִי שֵׁנִי, וְכֵן כֻּלָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Shemaiah... wrote them** to be a reminder for them who was first, who second, and so all of them.


###### Rashi on I Chronicles 24:19:1
[Rashi on I Chronicles 24:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Chronicles/r/24:19:1)

**אֵלֶּה פְקֻדָּתָם לַעֲבֹדָתָם.** אֵלּוּ שֶׁכְּתוּבִין כָּאן, רָאשֵׁי מִשְׁמָרוֹת פְּקֻדָּתָם עַל מִשְׁמָרוֹת הָיוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These are their appointment[s] to their service** Those who are written here are the heads of the watches. Their appointments were over the watches.