¹And the sons of Aaron had their divisions. The sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they did not have any sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar officiated as priests. ³And David assigned them in divisions, both Zadok from the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar, according to their assignment in their work. ⁴And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more numerous as heads of the warriors than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them into sixteen sons of Eleazar as heads of the paternal house, and eight sons of Ithamar as their paternal house. ⁵And they divided them by lot, into groups, for there were masters of the sanctuary, and masters of things pertaining to God, from the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar. ⁶And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe registered them, he being of the Levites who officiated before the king and the officials: both Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the paternal heads, as priests and Levites, registering them with one paternal house being taken for Eleazar and another being taken for Ithamar. ⁷And the 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 Jeshebab; ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah; the sixteenth to Immer; ¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir; the eighteenth to Happizzez; ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiah; the twentieth to Ezekiel; ¹⁷the twenty-first to Jachin; the twenty-second to Gamul; ¹⁸the twenty-third to Delaiah; the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. ¹⁹These were their assignments in their work: to come to the house of the Lord, according to their ordinance, in the authority of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him. ²⁰And the remaining sons of Levi were: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah; ²¹of Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the head, Jishshiah; ²²of the Izharites, Shelomith; of the sons of Shelomith, Jahath; ²³and my sons, Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekamam the fourth; ²⁴of the sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir; ²⁵of the brother of Micah, Jishshiah; of the sons of Jishshiah, Zechariah. ²⁶The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah were Beno and his line; ²⁷the sons of Merari – those to Jaaziah – were Beno and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri; ²⁸of Mahli, Eleazar, but he did not have any sons; ²⁹of Kish, the sons of Kish were Jerahmeel and his line; ³⁰and the sons of Mushi were Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. Those were the sons of the Levites according to their paternal house. ³¹And those also cast lots in the same way as their brothers, the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David and Zadok and Ahimelech and the paternal heads of the priests and of the Levites – the fathers at the head in the same way as their younger brother.