CHAPTER 24
1And the orders of the sons of Aaron—Nadab and Abihu and Eleazar and Ithamar. 2And Nadab and Abihu died before their father and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3And David and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar divided them for their ministering in their service. 4And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more numerous by male head count than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided the sons of Eleazar into sixteen patriarchal houses and the sons of Ithamar into eight patriarchal houses. 5And they divided them by lot, both alike, for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar. 6And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel, the scribe, of the Levites, wrote them down before the king and the officers and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech son of Abiathar and the patriarchal chiefs of the chiefs and of the Levites—two patriarchal houses held for Eleazar and one for Ithamar. 7And the first lot fell to Jehoiarib and the second to Jedaiah, 8to Harim the third, to Seorim the fourth, 9to Malchijah the fifth, to Mijamin the sixth, 10to Hakkoz the seventh, 11to Abijah the eighth, to Jeshua the ninth, to Shecaniah the tenth, 12to Eliashib the eleventh, to Jakim the twelfth, 13to Huppah the thirteenth, to Jeshebeab the fourteenth, 14to Bilgah the fifteenth, to Immer the sixteenth, 15to Hezir the seventeenth, to Happizzez the eighteenth, 16to Pethahiah the nineteenth, to Jehezkel the twentieth, 17to Jachin the twenty-first, to Gamul the twenty-second, 18to Delaiah the twenty-third, to Maaziah the twenty-fourth. 19These were their ministerings for their service to come into the house of the LORD according to their rule by Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had charged him. 20As to the remaining Levites—of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 21As to Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the first. 22As to the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the son of Shelemoth, Jahath, 23and the sons of Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24The sons of Uzziel, Michah; the sons of Michah, Shamir; 25Michah’s brother, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi, sons of Jaaziah his son. 27The sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son, Shoham, Zaccur and Ibri. 28Of Mahli, Eleazar, and he had no sons. 29As to Kish, the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 30And the sons of Mushi were Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites by their patriarchal houses. 31And they, too, cast lots in accordance with their kin the sons of Aaron before King David and Zadok and Ahimelech and the chiefs of the patriarchal houses of the priests and of the Levites, the patriarchal chief like his younger brother.