1 Chronicles 24

1 And [these are] their divisions, of the sons of Aaron. [The] sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And the courses of the sons of Aaron [were these]. The sons of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

2 And Nadab dies—and Abihu—in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest office.

3 And David distributes them—and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar—according to their office in their service;

And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.

4 and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them. Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for [each] house of [their] fathers—sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for [each] house of their fathers—eight.

And there were more chief 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 father’s houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ houses, eight.

5 And they distribute them by lots, with one another, for they have been princes of the holy place and princes of God, from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar.

Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

6 And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writes them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers for priests and for Levites, one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.

And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote 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 fathers’ house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

7 And the first lot goes out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second,

Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah;

8 for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth,

the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim;

9 for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth,

the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin;

10 for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth,

the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah;

11 for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth,

the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah;

12 for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,

the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim;

13 for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth,

the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab;

14 for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,

the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer;

15 for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth,

the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez;

16 for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth,

the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel;

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

the one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul;

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

the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

19 These [are] their appointments for their service, to come into the house of YHWH, according to their ordinance by the hand of their father Aaron, as YHWH God of Israel commanded them.

This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance [given] unto them by the hand of Aaron their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

20 And of the sons of Levi who are left—of sons of Amram: Shubael; of sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.

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

21 Of Rehabiah, of sons of Rehabiah: the head Ishshiah.

Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.

22 Of the Izharite: Shelomoth; of sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.

Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

23 And sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

And the sons [of Hebron]; Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

24 Sons of Uzziel: Michah; of sons of Michah: Shamir.

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

25 Ishshiah [is] a brother of Michah; of sons of Ishshiah: Zechariah;

The brother of Micah, Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.

26 sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Jaaziah: Beno;

The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.

27 sons of Merari, of Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

The sons of Merari; of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons;

Of Mahli; Eleazar, who had no sons.

29 of Kish, sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.

Of Kish; the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.

30 And sons of Mushi [are] Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these [are] sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers,

And the sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers’ houses.

31 and they also cast lots just as their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers for priests and for Levites; the chief father just as his younger brother.

These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.