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David Organizes the Priests
The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Divisions of the Levites
And the divisions of the sons of Aaron: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
And the divisions of the sons of Aaron: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.
And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.
With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.
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.
Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers’ houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar.
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.
They divided them by lot, all alike, for there were sacred officers and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
And they were divided by lot, one with another; for the princes of the sanctuary and the princes of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.
And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father’s house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.
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.
The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
And the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,
the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,
the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,
the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,
the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizez,
the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Ezekiel,
the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,
the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.
These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the Lord according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
This is their ordering in their service to come into the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance, through Aaron their father, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded him.
And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
The Remainder of the Levites
And as for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
And as for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
Of Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the head was Jishijah.
Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
Of the Jizharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
-- And the sons [of Hebron]: Jerijah [the head], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir;
The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
the brother of Micah was Jishijah; of the sons of Jishijah, Zechariah.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, his son.
The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
The sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son: Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.
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.