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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Courses
     When David was not permitted to build the temple, he proceeded,
     among the last acts of his life, with the assistance of Zadok
     and Ahimelech, to organize the priestly and musical services to
     be conducted in the house of God. (1.) He divided the priests
     into twenty-four courses (1 Chr. 24:1-19), sixteen being of the


     house of Eleazar and eight of that of Ithamar. Each course was
     under a head or chief, and ministered for a week, the order
     being determined by lot. (2.) The rest of the 38,000 Levites
     (23:4) were divided also into twenty-four courses, each to
     render some allotted service in public worship: 4,000 in
     twenty-four courses were set apart as singers and musicians
     under separate leaders (25); 4,000 as porters or keepers of the
     doors and gates of the sanctuary (26:1-19); and 6,000 as
     officers and judges to see to the administration of the law in
     all civil and ecclesiastical matters (20-32).
     
       This arrangement was re-established by Hezekiah (2 Chr. 31:2);
     and afterwards the four sacerdotal courses which are said to
     have returned from the Captivity were re-divided into the
     original number of twenty-four by Ezra (6:18).
     

















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