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The divisions of the priests

¹The descendants of Aaron were grouped in divisions as follows. Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²But Nadab and Abihu died in their father’s lifetime, leaving no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests. ³With the help of Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar, David divided them into their appointed order for their service. ⁴Eleazar’s descendants were found to have more leading men than Ithamar’s, so they divided them this way: sixteen heads of ancestral families from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight ancestral families from Ithamar’s. ⁵They divided them by lot, one group the same as the other, because there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of God among the descendants of Eleazar and among the descendants of Ithamar.^a

⁶Shemaiah son of Nethanel, the scribe, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the priestly and Levite families. One ancestral family was drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.^b

⁷The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, ⁸the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, ⁹the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, ¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, ¹¹the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, ¹²the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Ha-Pizzez, ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, ¹⁷the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, ¹⁸the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

¹⁹This was their appointed order for their service when they came into the house of the LORD, following the rule given them through Aaron their ancestor, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

The rest of the Levites

²⁰As for the rest of the descendants of Levi: from the sons of Amram, Shubael; from the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. ²¹From Rehabiah: from the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah was the chief. ²²From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. ²³The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.^{c 24}The sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah, Shamir. ²⁵Micah’s brother: Isshiah; from the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. ²⁶The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; and the sons of Jaaziah, his son.^{d 27}The descendants of Merari through his son Jaaziah: Shoham, Zaccur and Ibri. ²⁸From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. ²⁹From Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel. ³⁰The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These were the descendants of the Levites by their ancestral families. ³¹These also cast lots, just as their relatives the descendants of Aaron had done, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the priestly and Levite families. The ancestral family of the head was treated just like that of his younger brother.