The Priests Divided Into Twenty-Four Orders
The priests are sorted into twenty-four rotations by lot, Eleazar's line and Ithamar's alike, so no family can claim a better turn in our Father's house. The remaining Levites draw lots the same way, heads of houses treated identically with their younger brothers.
24 1These are the divisions of Aaron's sons. Aaron's sons: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2Nadab and Abihu died before their father, leaving no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3David divided them with Zadok, Eleazar's descendant, and Ahimelech, Ithamar's descendant, by their appointed service order. 4Eleazar's sons were found to have more leaders than Ithamar's, so they were divided: sixteen family heads for Eleazar's, eight for Ithamar's, by their families. 5They divided them by lot, both alike, since officials of the sanctuary and officials of our Father came from the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar. 6Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite scribe, wrote them before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the priestly and Levite families—one family chosen for Eleazar, 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 appointed duties for serving in our Father's house, by the order Aaron their father gave them, as our Father of Israel had commanded him.
The Remaining Levites Also Cast Lots
20The rest of Levi's sons: of Amram's sons, Shubael; of Shubael's sons, Jehdeiah. 21Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the first. 22Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. 23The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24The sons of Uzziel: Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. 25The brother of Micah: Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah: Beno. 27The sons of Merari through Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. 28Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. 29Of Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel. 30The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites by their families. 31They too cast lots, like their relatives the sons of Aaron, before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the priestly and Levite families—the head of each family the same as his younger brother.
