The Divisions of the Priests
1These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their assigned duties in their service. 4More leaders were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, so they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of fathers’ houses for the sons of Eleazar, and eight heads of fathers’ houses for the sons of Ithamar. 5They divided them by lot, family by family, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar. 6Shemaiah son of Nethanel the scribe, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and the Levites — one father’s house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar. 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 Happizzez, 16the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, 17the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, 18the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. 19These were their assigned duties for their service, for entering the house of Yahweh according to the rule given them by Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
The Rest of the Levites
20As for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 21Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. 22Of the Izharites: Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. 23The sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24The sons of Uzziel: Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. 25The brother of Micah was Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of his son Jaaziah.* 27The sons of Merari by his son Jaaziah: Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. 28Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. 29Of Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 30The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites by their fathers’ houses. 31They too cast lots, alongside their kinsmen the sons of Aaron, before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and the Levites — the head of a father’s house treated the same as his youngest brother.
Notes
- 24:26 — The last word of the verse, בְּנוֹ, is the noun “his son,” but it is also read as the proper name Beno; it recurs in the same place in verse 27. The noun has been kept here.
