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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers’ houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They divided them by lot, all alike, for there were sacred officers and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father’s house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the LORD according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah: Beno. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites. |
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