1 Chronicles 24
1 And [these are] their divisions, of the sons of Aaron. [The] sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
The work groups based on Aaron's descendants were these: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 And Nadab dies—and Abihu—in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.
Nadab and Abihu died before their father died. They had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
3 And David distributes them—and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar—according to their office in their service;
David, together with Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar, divided them into groups for their work as priests.
4 and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them. Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for [each] house of [their] fathers—sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for [each] house of their fathers—eight.
There were more leading men among Eleazar's descendants than among Ithamar's descendants, so they divided Eleazar's descendants into sixteen groups. They did this by heads of clans and by Ithamar's descendants. These divisions were eight in number, corresponding to their clans.
5 And they distribute them by lots, with one another, for they have been princes of the holy place and princes of God, from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar.
They divided them impartially by lot, for there were holy officials and officials of God, from both Eleazar's descendants and Ithamar's descendants.
6 And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writes them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers for priests and for Levites, one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.
Shemaiah son of Nethanel the scribe, a Levite, wrote down their names in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One clan was drawn by lot from Eleazar's descendants, and then the next would be drawn from Ithamar's descendants.
7 And the first lot goes out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second,
The first lot went to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8 for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth,
the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth,
the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10 for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth,
the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
11 for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth,
the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
12 for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,
the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth,
the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14 for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,
the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15 for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth,
the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
16 for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth,
the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
17 for Jachin the twenty-first, for Gamul the twenty-second,
the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
18 for Delaiah the twenty-third, for Maaziah the twenty-fourth.
the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
19 These [are] their appointments for their service, to come into the house of YHWH, according to their ordinance by the hand of their father Aaron, as YHWH God of Israel commanded them.
This was the order of their service, when they came into Yahweh's house, following the procedure given to them by Aaron their ancestor, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had instructed him.
20 And of the sons of Levi who are left—of sons of Amram: Shubael; of sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
These were the rest of the descendants of Levi: Of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
21 Of Rehabiah, of sons of Rehabiah: the head Ishshiah.
As for Rehabiah, the sons of Rehabiah: Ishijah the leader.
22 Of the Izharite: Shelomoth; of sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
23 And sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the leader, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
24 Sons of Uzziel: Michah; of sons of Michah: Shamir.
The son of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.
25 Ishshiah [is] a brother of Michah; of sons of Ishshiah: Zechariah;
The brother of Micah: Ishijah. From the sons of Ishijah: Zechariah.
26 sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Jaaziah: Beno;
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; from the son of Jaaziah: Beno.
27 sons of Merari, of Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
The sons of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons;
From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 of Kish, sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
From Kish: The son of Kish: Jerahmeel.
30 And sons of Mushi [are] Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these [are] sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers,
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites, listed by their families.
31 and they also cast lots just as their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers for priests and for Levites; the chief father just as his younger brother.
These men who were the head of each father's house and each of their younger brothers, cast lots in the presence of King David, and Zadok and Ahimelech, along with the leaders of the families of the priests and Levites. They cast lots just as Aaron's descendants had done.
