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;
And the divisions of the sons of Aaron: 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.
And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 Forsothe the firste lot yede out to Joiarib, the secounde to Jedeie,
And the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,
8 the thridde to Aharym, the fourthe to Seorym,
the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,
9 the fyuethe to Melchie,
the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin,
10 the sixte to Maynan, the seuenthe to Accos,
the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,
11 the eiythe to Abia, the nynthe to Hieusu, the tenthe to Sechema, the elleuenthe to Eliasib,
the ninth for Jeshuah, the tenth for Shecaniah,
12 the tweluethe to Jacyn,
the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,
13 the thrittenthe to Opha, the fourtenthe to Isbaal,
the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,
14 the fiftenthe to Abelga, the sixtenthe to Emmer,
the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,
15 the seuententhe to Ezir, the eiytenthe to Ahapses, the nyntenthe to Pheseye,
the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizez,
16 the twentithe to Jezechel,
the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Ezekiel,
17 the oon and twentithe to Jachym, the two and twentithe to Gamul, the thre and twentithe to Dalayam,
the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,
18 the foure and twentithe to Mazzian.
the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for 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.
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.
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 as for 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, the head was Jishijah.
22 Sotheli Salomoth was prince of Isaaris; and the sone of Salamoth was Janadiath;
Of the Jizharites, 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]: Jerijah [the head], 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 was Jishijah; of the sons of Jishijah, 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, his son.
27 and the sone of Merarie was Ozian, and Soen, and Zaccur, and Hebri.
The sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son: 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 according to their fathers' houses.
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.
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.
