Divisions of Levites

1 Now the divisions of the (a)descendants of Aaron were these: (A)the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 (B)But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no (b)sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3 David, with (C)Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices (c)for their ministry. 4 Since more chief men were found from the (d)descendants of Eleazar than the (e)descendants of Ithamar, they divided them thus: there were sixteen heads of fathers’ households of the (f)descendants of Eleazar and eight of the (g)descendants of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ households. 5 (D)Thus they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, both from the (h)descendants of Eleazar and the (i)descendants of Ithamar.

Footnotes:

a. 1 Chronicles 24:1: ['Lit ', sons]
b. 1 Chronicles 24:2: ['Or ', children]
c. 1 Chronicles 24:3: ['Lit ', in their service]
d. 1 Chronicles 24:4: ['Lit ', sons]
e. 1 Chronicles 24:4: ['Lit ', sons]
f. 1 Chronicles 24:4: ['Lit ', sons]
g. 1 Chronicles 24:4: ['Lit ', sons]
h. 1 Chronicles 24:5: ['Lit ', sons]
i. 1 Chronicles 24:5: ['Lit ', sons]

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