¹ And the divisions of the sons of Aaron: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

² And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.

³ And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.

⁴ And there were more head-men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads of fathers' houses, and eight of the sons of Ithamar according to their fathers' houses.

⁵ And they were divided by lot, one with another; for the princes of the sanctuary and the princes of¹ God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.

1. 24.5 Elohim

⁶ And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, inscribed them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites: one father's house was drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.

⁷ And the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,

⁸ the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,

⁹ the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin,

¹⁰ the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,

¹¹ the ninth for Jeshuah, the tenth for Shecaniah,

¹² the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,

¹³ the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,

¹⁴ the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,

¹⁵ the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizez,

¹⁶ the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Ezekiel,

¹⁷ the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,

¹⁸ the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.

¹⁹ This is their ordering in their service to come into the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance, through Aaron their father, as Jehovah the¹ God of Israel had commanded him.

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²⁰ And as for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.

²¹ Of Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the head was Jishijah.

²² Of the Jizharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

²³ — And the sons [of Hebron]: Jerijah [the head], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

²⁴ The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir;

²⁵ the brother of Micah was Jishijah; of the sons of Jishijah, Zechariah.

²⁶ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, his son.

²⁷ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son: Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

²⁸ Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

²⁹ Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.

³⁰ And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

³¹ These likewise cast lots just as their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites, — the chief fathers just as the youngest of their brethren.