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Duties of the Priests
This is how Aaron’s descendants, the priests, were divided into groups for service. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
This is how Aaron’s descendants, the priests, were divided into groups for service. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
The Divisions of the Priests
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons. So only Eleazar and Ithamar were left to carry on as priests.
And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests.
With the help of Zadok, who was a descendant of Eleazar, and of Ahimelech, who was a descendant of Ithamar, David divided Aaron’s descendants into groups according to their various duties.
Then David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to the schedule of their service.
Eleazar’s descendants were divided into sixteen groups and Ithamar’s into eight, for there were more family leaders among the descendants of Eleazar.
There were more leaders found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus they were divided. Among the sons of Eleazar were sixteen heads of their fathers’ houses, and eight heads of their fathers’ houses among the sons of Ithamar.
All tasks were assigned to the various groups by means of sacred lots so that no preference would be shown, for there were many qualified officials serving God in the sanctuary from among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.
Thus they were divided by lot, one group as another, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of the house of God, from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar.
Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, acted as secretary and wrote down the names and assignments in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the family leaders of the priests and Levites. The descendants of Eleazar and Ithamar took turns casting lots.
And the scribe, Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites, one father’s house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.
The first lot fell to Jehoiarib.
The second lot fell to Jedaiah.
The second lot fell to Jedaiah.
Now the first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
The third lot fell to Harim.
The fourth lot fell to Seorim.
The fourth lot fell to Seorim.
the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
The fifth lot fell to Malkijah.
The sixth lot fell to Mijamin.
The sixth lot fell to Mijamin.
the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
The seventh lot fell to Hakkoz.
The eighth lot fell to Abijah.
The eighth lot fell to Abijah.
the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
The ninth lot fell to Jeshua.
The tenth lot fell to Shecaniah.
The tenth lot fell to Shecaniah.
the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
The eleventh lot fell to Eliashib.
The twelfth lot fell to Jakim.
The twelfth lot fell to Jakim.
the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
The thirteenth lot fell to Huppah.
The fourteenth lot fell to Jeshebeab.
The fourteenth lot fell to Jeshebeab.
the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
The fifteenth lot fell to Bilgah.
The sixteenth lot fell to Immer.
The sixteenth lot fell to Immer.
the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
The seventeenth lot fell to Hezir.
The eighteenth lot fell to Happizzez.
The eighteenth lot fell to Happizzez.
The nineteenth lot fell to Pethahiah.
The twentieth lot fell to Jehezkel.
The twentieth lot fell to Jehezkel.
The twenty-first lot fell to Jakin.
The twenty-second lot fell to Gamul.
The twenty-second lot fell to Gamul.
the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
The twenty-third lot fell to Delaiah.
The twenty-fourth lot fell to Maaziah.
The twenty-fourth lot fell to Maaziah.
the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
Each group carried out its appointed duties in the house of the LORD according to the procedures established by their ancestor Aaron in obedience to the commands of the LORD, the God of Israel.
This was the schedule of their service for coming into the house of the Lord according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
From the descendants of Rehabiah, the leader was Isshiah.
Concerning Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
From the descendants of Uzziel, the leader was Micah.
From the descendants of Micah, the leader was Shamir,
From the descendants of Micah, the leader was Shamir,
Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, Shamir.
along with Isshiah, the brother of Micah.
From the descendants of Isshiah, the leader was Zechariah.
From the descendants of Isshiah, the leader was Zechariah.
The brother of Michah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
From the descendants of Merari, the leaders were Mahli and Mushi.
From the descendants of Jaaziah, the leader was Beno.
From the descendants of Jaaziah, the leader was Beno.
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi; the son of Jaaziah, Beno.
From the descendants of Merari through Jaaziah, the leaders were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
The sons of Merari by Jaaziah were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
From the descendants of Mahli, the leader was Eleazar, though he had no sons.
Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
From the descendants of Mushi, the leaders were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
These were the descendants of Levi in their various families.
These were the descendants of Levi in their various families.
Also the sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
Like the descendants of Aaron, they were assigned to their duties by means of sacred lots, without regard to age or rank. Lots were drawn in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the family leaders of the priests and the Levites.
These also cast lots just as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites. The chief fathers did just as their younger brethren.