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;

These were 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.

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

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;

David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering 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.

There were more chief men found among the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; so they were divided like this: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads according to their ancestral houses, and eight according to their ancestral houses among the sons of Ithamar.

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 thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were officiers of the sanctuary, and officiers of God, both of the descendants of Eleazar, and of the descendants 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 Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the officiers, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar and one being taken for Ithamar.

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

Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

8 the thridde to Aharym, the fourthe to Seorym,

the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

9 the fyuethe to Melchie,

the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

10 the sixte to Maynan, the seuenthe to Accos,

the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

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

the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

12 the tweluethe to Jacyn,

the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

13 the thrittenthe to Opha, the fourtenthe to Isbaal,

the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshbaal,

14 the fiftenthe to Abelga, the sixtenthe to Emmer,

the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

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

the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

16 the twentithe to Jezechel,

the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

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

the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

18 the foure and twentithe to Mazzian.

the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to 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 was their ordering in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance given to them by 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;

Of 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, Isshiah the chief.

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

Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

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

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah, 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, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.

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

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; of his sons: 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 Zakkur, 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.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after 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 even as their kinsmen the descendants of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites; the ancestral houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.