Footnote

a Twenty-four was the number of the divisions into which King David divided the priests of the nation of Israel, to serve at Jerusalem’s temple. The Christian congregation will be a “royal priesthood.”—1 Chron. 24:1-19; Luke 1:5-24, 57-67; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 20:6. See The Watchtower in its issue of April 15, 1956, pages 253-256.