1st Chronicles 24

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1 And these are the distributions of the sons of Aaron: the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father, they had no sons, and therefore Eleazar and Ithamar were the priests.
3 And David distributed them - Sadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, one by one to their service.
4 And it was found that among the sons of Eleazar the heads of the fathers were more than the sons of Ithamar. And he distributed them [thus]: from the sons of Eleazar, sixteen heads of families, and of the sons of Ithamar, eight.
5 He distributed them by lot, because the main in the sanctuary and the main ones before God were from the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar,
6th And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, a scribe of the Levites, before the king and princes, and before the priest Sadok and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites, wrote them: She took one family from Eleazar , Then they took from Ithamarov's family.
7th And the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 The fifth, Malchia, the sixth Miyamin,
10 The seventh Gakkotsu, the eighth Avijah,
eleven The ninth Ieshe, the tenth of Shehaniya,
12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 The thirteenth to Hush, the fourteenth to Jesheev,
14 The fifteenth Vildge, the sixteenth Immer,
15 The seventeenth Khezir, the eighteenth Gapitsecu,
16 The nineteenth Petahii, the twentieth to Ezekiel,
17th The twenty-first to Jahin, the twenty-second to Gamula,
18 The twenty-third of Delaiah, the twenty-fourth of Maaziah.
19 This is their order in their service, as they [come] to the house of the Lord, according to their ordinance through Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded him.

20 Among the other sons of Levi - [distribution]: of the sons of Amram: Shuvael; Of the sons of Shuayil: Jediaiah;
21 From Rehavia: from the sons of Rechavia Isshia was the first;
22 From Izhar: Shelomoth; Of the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath;
23 Of the sons of Hebron: the first Jeriah, the second Amariah, the third Jahaziel, the fourth to the Iecamam.
24 [Of] the sons of Uzziel: Micah; Of the sons of Micah: Shamir.
25 Miha's brother Ishshia; From the sons of Ishii: Zechariah.
26th The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; [Of] the sons of Jaziah: Beno.
27th [Of] the sons of Merari from Jaziah: Beno and Shogam, and Zaccur and Ivri.
28 Mahliya has Eleazar; He had no sons.
29 Kees: [of] the sons of Kish: Jerahmiel;
thirty The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These are the sons of the Levites after their families.
31 They cast lots too, along with their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before King David and Sadok and Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites: the head of the family as well as his younger brother.

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