1 Chronicles 24:1-9
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 24
The Priestly Classes. 1 These are the divisions of Aaron.
The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they did not have any sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
3 David, with the help of Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar, divided them according to the responsibilities of their service.
4 A larger number of leaders was found among the descendants of Eleazar than among the descendants of Ithamar. This is how they were divided: for the descendants of Eleazar there were sixteen leaders of the ancestral clans, and for the descendants of Ithamar there were eight leaders of the ancestral clans. 5 They divided them by lot, for there were officials of the sanctuary[a] and officials of God from among the descendants of Eleazar and from among the descendants of Ithamar. 6 Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, the scribe, a Levite, recorded it in the presence of the king and the officials: Zadok the priest and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the ancestral clans of the priests and the Levites, one ancestral clan being taken from Eleazar and then one from Ithamar.
7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second lot fell to Jedaiah, 8 the third lot fell to Harim, the fourth lot fell to Seorim, 9 the fifth lot fell to Malchijah, the sixth lot fell to Mijamin,
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- 1 Chronicles 24:5 Officials of the sanctuary: carried out the functions of the temple (in the sanctuary); officials of God: worked in the annexes to the sanctuary.
