Twenty-Four Divisions of Priests 1These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service. 4Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar. 5Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants. 6The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar. 7The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, 8the third to Harim, 9the fifth to Malchijah, 10the seventh to Hakkoz, 11the ninth to Jeshua, 12the eleventh to Eliashib, 13the thirteenth to Huppah, 14the fifteenth to Bilgah, 15the seventeenth to Hezir, 16the nineteenth to Pethahiah, 17the twenty-first to Jachin, 18the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. 19This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him. The Rest of the Levites 20Now these were the remaining descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael;a from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah. 21As for Rehabiah, from his sons: The first was Isshiah.b 22From the Izharites: Shelomoth;c from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath. 23From the sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first,d Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 24From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir. 25The brother of Micah: Isshiah; from the sons of Isshiah: Zechariah. 26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. 27The descendants of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. 28From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. 29From Kish: Jerahmeel the son of Kish. 30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.e These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families. 31As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike. Footnotes: 20 a Shubael (twice in this verse) is a variant of Shebuel ; see 1 Chronicles 23:16 and 1 Chronicles 26:24. 21 b Isshiah is a variant of Jeshaiah ; see 1 Chronicles 26:25. 22 c Shelomoth (twice in this verse) is a variant of Shelomith ; see 1 Chronicles 23:18. 23 d Hebrew From the sons: Jeriah ; see 1 Chronicles 23:19. 30 e Jerimoth is a variant of Jeremoth ; see 1 Chronicles 23:23. The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. The MSB is the Byzantine Majority Text version of the BSB, including the BSB OT plus the NT translated according to the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Majority Text (byzantinetext.com). The MSB includes footnotes for translatable variants from the modern Critical Texts (CT) such as the Nestle Aland GNT, SBL GNT, and Editio Critica Maior. Major variants between the Majority Text (MT) and Textus Receptus (TR) are also noted. For a few passages not included in the MT, the TR translation is denoted with [[brackets]] and also footnoted. This text is a first version draft and is open to public comment and translation recommendations. please send all corrections and recommendations to the Berean Bible Translation Committee through the contact page at Berean.Bible. Bible Hub |