1 Chronicles 24
1 Forsothe to the sones of Aaron these porciouns schulen be; the sones of Aaron weren Nadab, and Abyud, Eleazar, and Ythamar;
Now the divisions into which the sons of Aaron were grouped were these: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 but Nadab and Abyud weren deed with out fre children bifor her fadir, and Eleazar and Ythamar weren set in presthod.
But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.
3 And Dauith departide hem, that is, Sadoch, of the sones of Eleazar, and Achymelech, of the sones of Ithamar, by her whiles and seruyce;
And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, made distribution of them into their positions for their work.
4 and the sones of Eleazar weren founden many mo in the men princes, than the sones of Ythamar. Forsothe he departide to hem, that is, to the sones of Eleazar, sixtene prynces bi meynees; and to the sones of Ythamar eiyte prynces bi her meynees and howsis.
And there were more chiefs among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar; and this is how they were grouped: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, all heads of families; and of the sons of Ithamar, heads of families, there were eight.
5 Sotheli he departide euer eithir meynees among hem silf bi lottis; for there weren princes of the seyntuarye, and princes of the hows of God, as wel of the sones of Eleazar as of the sones of Ithamar.
So they were put into groups, by the Lord's decision, one with another; for there were rulers of the holy place and rulers of the house of God among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
6 And Semeye, the sone of Nathanael, a scribe of the lynage of Leuy, discriuede hem bifore the king and pryncis, and bifor Sadoch, the preest, and Achymelech, the sone of Abiathar, and to the prynces of meynees of the preestis and of the dekenes; he discriuyde oon hows of Eleazar, that was souereyn to othere, and `the tother hows of Ithamar, that hadde othere vndir hym.
And Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was a Levite, put down their names in writing, the king being present with the rulers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites; one family being taken for Eleazar and then one for Ithamar, and so on.
7 Forsothe the firste lot yede out to Joiarib, the secounde to Jedeie,
Now the first name to come out was that of Jehoiarib; the second Jedaiah,
8 the thridde to Aharym, the fourthe to Seorym,
The third Harim, the fourth Seorim,
9 the fyuethe to Melchie,
The fifth Malchijah, the sixth Mijamin,
10 the sixte to Maynan, the seuenthe to Accos,
The seventh Hakkoz, the eighth Abijah,
11 the eiythe to Abia, the nynthe to Hieusu, the tenthe to Sechema, the elleuenthe to Eliasib,
The ninth Jeshua, the tenth Shecaniah,
12 the tweluethe to Jacyn,
The eleventh Eliashib, the twelfth Jakim,
13 the thrittenthe to Opha, the fourtenthe to Isbaal,
The thirteenth Huppah, the fourteenth Jeshebeab,
14 the fiftenthe to Abelga, the sixtenthe to Emmer,
The fifteenth Bilgah, the sixteenth Immer,
15 the seuententhe to Ezir, the eiytenthe to Ahapses, the nyntenthe to Pheseye,
The seventeenth Hezir, the eighteenth Happizzez,
16 the twentithe to Jezechel,
The nineteenth Pethahiah, the twentieth Jehezkel,
17 the oon and twentithe to Jachym, the two and twentithe to Gamul, the thre and twentithe to Dalayam,
The twenty-first Jachin, the twenty-second Gamul,
18 the foure and twentithe to Mazzian.
The twenty-third Delaiah, the twenty-fourth Maaziah.
19 These weren the whilis of hem bi her mynysteries, that thei entre in to the hows of God, and bi her custom vndur the hond of Aaron, her fadir, as the Lord God of Israel comaundide.
So they were put into their different groups, to take their places in the house of the Lord, in agreement with the rules made by Aaron their father, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
20 Forsothe Sebahel was prince of the sones of Leuy that weren resydue, of the sones of Amram; and the sone of Sebahel was Jedeie;
And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
21 also Jesie was prince of the sones of Roobie.
Of Rehabiah; of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
22 Sotheli Salomoth was prince of Isaaris; and the sone of Salamoth was Janadiath;
Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
23 and his firste sone was Jeriuans, `Amarie the secounde, Azihel the thridde, `Jethmoan the fourthe.
And the sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24 The sone of Ozihel was Mycha; the sone of Mycha was Samyr;
The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
25 the brother of Mycha was Jesia; and the sone of Jesia was Zacharie.
The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
26 The sones of Merary weren Mooli and Musi; the sone of Josyan was Bennon;
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah.
27 and the sone of Merarie was Ozian, and Soen, and Zaccur, and Hebri.
The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri.
28 Sotheli the sone of Mooli was Eleazar, that hadde not fre sones; forsothe the sone of Cys was Jeremyhel;
Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 the sones of Musy weren Mooli,
Of Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.
30 Eder, Jerymuth. These weren the sones of Leuy, bi the housis of her meynees.
And the sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites by their families.
31 Also and thei senten lottis ayens her britheren, the sones of Aaron, bifor Dauid the kyng, and bifor Sadoch, and Achymelech, and the princes of meynees of preestis and of dekenes; lot departide euenli alle, bothe the gretter and the lesse.
Selection was made of these in the same way as of their brothers the sons of Aaron, David the king being present, with Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites; the families of the chief in the same way as those of his younger brother.
