1And as for the sons of Aaron, these were their divisions: the sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
3And David, together with Zadok from the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their assigned offices in their service.
4Now the sons of Eleazar were found to be more numerous, in terms of heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and so they divided them: for the sons of Eleazar, sixteen heads of ancestral houses, and for the sons of Ithamar, according to their ancestral houses, eight.
5And they divided them by lots, these with those, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God from among the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar.
6And Shemaiah son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the ancestral houses of the priests and the Levites—one ancestral house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
7The first lot came out for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,
8the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,
9the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin,
10the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,
11the ninth for Jeshua, the tenth for Shecaniah,
12the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,
13the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,
14the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,
15the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez,
16the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Jehezkel,
17the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,
18the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.
19These were their appointed offices for their service, to come into the house of Yahweh according to their ordinance given through Aaron their father, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
20And as for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
21Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah was the head.
22Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
23And the sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24The sons of Uzziel: Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
25The brother of Micah was Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.
27The sons of Merari through Jaaziah his son: Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
29Of Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.
30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their ancestral houses.
31These also cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and the Levites—the head of a father’s house alongside his youngest brother.
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