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1 Chronicles 24

1 Chronicles 24:1 The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were as follows: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

1 Chronicles 24:3 Together with Zadok from the descendants of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the descendants of Ithamar, David divided them according to the assigned duties of their service.

1 Chronicles 24:4 Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of ancestral families were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral houses were from Ithamar’s.

1 Chronicles 24:5 They were assigned by lot, for there were captains of the sacred place and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

1 Chronicles 24:6 The secretary, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the captains, the priest Zadok, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of houses of the priests and the Levites. One ancestral family was taken for Eleazar, and then one for Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

1 Chronicles 24:8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

1 Chronicles 24:9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

1 Chronicles 24:10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

1 Chronicles 24:11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

1 Chronicles 24:12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

1 Chronicles 24:13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

1 Chronicles 24:14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

1 Chronicles 24:15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

1 Chronicles 24:16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

1 Chronicles 24:17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

1 Chronicles 24:18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

1 Chronicles 24:19 These had their assigned duties for service when they entered Yahveh’s temple, according to their judgments, which they received from their ancestor Aaron, as Yahveh God of Israel had commanded him.

1 Chronicles 24:20 As for the rest of Levi’s sons: from Amram’s sons: Shubael; from Shubael’s sons: Jehdeiah.

1 Chronicles 24:21 From Rehabiah: from Rehabiah’s sons: Isshiah was the first.

1 Chronicles 24:22 From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from Shelomoth’s sons: Jahath.

1 Chronicles 24:23 Hebron’s sons: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 24:24 From Uzziel’s sons: Micah; from Micah’s sons: Shamir.

1 Chronicles 24:25 Micah’s brother: Isshiah; from Isshiah’s sons: Zechariah.

1 Chronicles 24:26 Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi, and from his sons, Jaaziah his son.

1 Chronicles 24:27 Merari’s sons, by his son Jaaziah: Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

1 Chronicles 24:28 From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

1 Chronicles 24:29 From Kish, from Kish’s sons: Jerahmeel.

1 Chronicles 24:30 Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. Those were the descendants of the Levites according to their ancestral families.

1 Chronicles 24:31 They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites — the family heads and their younger brothers alike.