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 were: The sons of Aaron were Nadab, and Abihu, El'azar, 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 died before their father, and they had no children: and El'azar and Ithamar became 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 divided them off with Zadok of the sons of El'azar', and Achimelech of the sons of Ithamar, 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 the sons of El'azar were found more numerous in the chiefs of males than the sons of Ithamar; and they divided them accordingly. Of the sons of El'azar there were sixteen chiefs of the family divisions, and of the sons of Ithamar, eight for their family divisions.

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 divided them off by lot, both the first and the last; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors [of the house] of God, were from the sons of El'azar, and from 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 Shema'yah the son of Nethanel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Achimelech the son of Ebyathar, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and Levites: one family division being drawn of El'azar, and one being equally drawn of Ithamar.

7 Forsothe the firste lot yede out to Joiarib, the secounde to Jedeie,

And there came out the first lot for Jehoyarib, for Jeda'yah the second,

8 the thridde to Aharym, the fourthe to Seorym,

For Charim the third, for Se'orim the fourth,

9 the fyuethe to Melchie,

For Malkiyah the fifth, for Miyamin the sixth.

10 the sixte to Maynan, the seuenthe to Accos,

For Hakkoz the seventh, for Abiyah the eighth,

11 the eiythe to Abia, the nynthe to Hieusu, the tenthe to Sechema, the elleuenthe to Eliasib,

For Jeshua' the ninth, for Shechanyahu the tenth,

12 the tweluethe to Jacyn,

For Elyashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,

13 the thrittenthe to Opha, the fourtenthe to Isbaal,

For Chuppah the thirteenth, for Jeshehah the fourteenth,

14 the fiftenthe to Abelga, the sixtenthe to Emmer,

For Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,

15 the seuententhe to Ezir, the eiytenthe to Ahapses, the nyntenthe to Pheseye,

For Chezir the seventeenth, for Happizzez the eighteenth,

16 the twentithe to Jezechel,

For Pethachyah the nineteenth, for Ezekiel the twentieth.

17 the oon and twentithe to Jachym, the two and twentithe to Gamul, the thre and twentithe to Dalayam,

For Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth,

18 the foure and twentithe to Mazzian.

For Delayahu the three and twentieth, for Ma'azyahu the four and twentieth.

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 was their office in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to the manner prescribed to them, under the supervision of Aaron their father, as the Lord 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 of the rest of the sons of Levi there were, of the sons of 'Amram: Shubael. Of the sons of Shubael: Jechdeyahu.

21 also Jesie was prince of the sones of Roobie.

Concerning Rechabyahu, of the sons of Rechabyahu the chief was Yishiyah.

22 Sotheli Salomoth was prince of Isaaris; and the sone of Salamoth was Janadiath;

Of the Yisharites was Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth was Jachath.

23 and his firste sone was Jeriuans, `Amarie the secounde, Azihel the thridde, `Jethmoan the fourthe.

And the sons [of Hebron]: Jeriyah, Amaryahu the second, Jachaziel the third, Jekam'am the fourth.

24 The sone of Ozihel was Mycha; the sone of Mycha was Samyr;

[Of] the sons of 'Uzziel, Michah: of the sons of Michah, Shamir.

25 the brother of Mycha was Jesia; and the sone of Jesia was Zacharie.

The brother of Michah was Yishiyah; of the sons of Yishiyah, Zecharyahu.

26 The sones of Merary weren Mooli and Musi; the sone of Josyan was Bennon;

The sons of Merari were Machli and Mushi: the sons of Ja'aziyahu, Beno.

27 and the sone of Merarie was Ozian, and Soen, and Zaccur, and Hebri.

The sons of Merari by Ja'aziyahu: Beno, and 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 Machli: El'azar, who had no sons.

29 the sones of Musy weren Mooli,

Of Kish: The son of Kish was Jerachmeel.

30 Eder, Jerymuth. These weren the sones of Leuy, bi the housis of her meynees.

And the sons of Mushi were Machli, and 'Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their family divisions.

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 in the same manner as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of king David, and Zadok, and Achimelech, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and Levites, even the principal of the families equally with his youngest brother.