1 Chronicles 24

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 The descendants of Aaron also were divided into classes. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.	1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father, leaving no sons; therefore only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.	2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Elezar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
3 David, with Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar, assigned the functions for the priestly service.	3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
4 But since the descendants of Eleazar were found to be more numerous than those of Ithamar, the former were divided into sixteen groups, and the latter into eight groups, each under its family head.	4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
5 Their functions were assigned impartially by lot, for there were officers of the holy place, and officers of the divine presence, descended both from Eleazar and from Ithamar.	5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6 The scribe Shemaiah, son of Nethanel, a Levite, made a record of it in the presence of the king, and of the leaders, of Zadok the priest, and of Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, and of the heads of the ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites, listing two successive family groups from Eleazar before each one from Ithamar.	6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,	7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,	8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,	9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,	10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,	11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,	12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Ishbaal,	13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,	14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,	15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,	16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,	17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.	18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
19 This was the appointed order of their service when they functioned in the house of the LORD in keeping with the precepts given them by Aaron, their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.	19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
20 Of the remaining Levites, there were Shubael, of the descendants of Amram, and Jehdeiah, of the descendants of Shubael;	20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
21 Isshiah, the chief, of the descendants of Rehabiah;	21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
22 Shelomith of the Izharites, and Jahath of the descendants of Shelomith.	22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
23 The descendants of Hebron were Jeriah, the chief, Amariah, the second, Jahaziel, the third, Jekameam, the fourth.	23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24 The descendants of Uzziel were Micah; Shamir, of the descendants of Micah;	24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
25 Isshiah, the brother of Micah; and Zechariah, a descendant of Isshiah.	25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
26 The descendants of Merari were Mahli, Mushi, and the descendants of his son Uzziah.	26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
27 The descendants of Merari through his son Uzziah: Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.	27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 Descendants of Mahli were Eleazar, who had no sons,	28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 and Jerahmeel, of the descendants of Kish.	29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
30 The descendants of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the descendants of the Levites according to their ancestral houses.	30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
31 They too, in the same manner as their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, cast lots in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the priestly and levitical families; the more important family did so in the same way as the less important one.	31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.