{"id":18701,"date":"2017-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=424"},"modified":"2017-02-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T00:00:00","slug":"structure-in-1-chronicles-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2017\/02\/structure-in-1-chronicles-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Structure in 1 Chronicles 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

1<\/span> Chronicles 26:1-19 lists the names and positions of gatekeepers at Solomon\u2019s temple. The passage is framed by references to the \u201callotment\u201d or \u201capportionment\u201d of assignments to Korahites (v. 1) and sons of Korah and Merari (v. 19). Within this frame, the text moves in a complex parallel fashion through different subclans of gatekeeping Levites, with a few verses in the center describing the casting of lots:<\/p>\n

A. Meshelemiah (Kohathite) and sons, vv. 1b-3<\/p>\n

B. Obed-edom (Kohathite), sons, and grandsons, vv. 4-8<\/p>\n

C. Hosah (Merarite) and sons, vv. 10-11<\/p>\n

CASTING LOTS<\/p>\n

A\u2019. Assignment for (Me)Shelemiah and son, v. 14<\/p>\n

B\u2019. Assignment of Obed-edom and sons, v. 15<\/p>\n

C\u2019. Assignment of Hosah and sons, v. 16<\/p>\n

There is a wrinkle in the text at verse 9, which returns to Meshelemiah (vv. 1-3) after listing descendants of Obed-edom. Verses 1-9 thus form a small chiasm of their own: A. Meshelemiah; B. Obed-edom; A\u2019. Meshelemiah.<\/p>\n

The Levitical subclans form one of the structural principles of verses 14-16; geographic designations form another, as the text moves from east ([Me]Shelehmiah) to north (Zechariah, son of Shelemiah) to south to west. Verses 17-18 run through those same positions in the same order, now enumerating the assigned Levites in each position. Thus, verses 14-19 are a parallel-patterned text that spins off from the parallel-pattern of verses 1-16:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Verses 14-16<\/strong><\/td>\nVerses 17-18<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shelemiah on east, v. 14a<\/td>\nSix Levites on east, v. 17a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zechariah on north, v. 14b<\/td>\nFour Levites on north, v. 17b<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Obed-edom and sons on south, v. 15<\/td>\n4 + 2 Levites on south, v. 17c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosah on west, v. 16<\/td>\nFour on west, v. 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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We can correlate these positions and Levitical clans with the furniture of the sanctuary: On the east, Shelemiah is associated with the court and the altar; stationed to the north, Zechariah is linked with the table of showbread; Obed-edom and sons are a menorah<\/em>-clan of the Levites; Hosah on the west is connected with the ark-throne. The overall liturgical movement of the list is from east to west, from altar to throne, from court to inner sanctuary (perhaps marked by the reference to the \u201cascent\u201d on the west, v. 16). The four-faced tribe of Levi takes the position of Eden\u2019s cherubim, guarding the holy place. Cherubically, the movement is from the altar-ox of sacrifice toward the throne-lion of royalty.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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