Many generations had come and gone between Moses and David (exactly how many is still a bit of a conjecture). Yet the precedents established in the law under Moses concerning the ritual worship of God with his brother Aaron serving as the high priest had continued, or were at least re-instituted, under David.
I Chronicles 24 describes how David organized the priests into divisions, each administered by ancestral Levitical houses. After listing the twenty-four divisions arranged by descendants of Aaron, the Bible says, "These had as their appointed duty in their service to enter the house of the Lord according to the procedure established for them by their ancestor Aaron, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him" (vs. 19).
Even though much had changed in the years since Moses and Aaron led the people, David respected the traditions and law. As the Tabernacle (tent) gave way to the Temple (structure), the old ways found new expression, yet continued to be rooted in the way of Aaron.
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