1 The divisions of the descendants of
Aharon were as follows: The sons of Aharon: Nadav, Avihu, El'azar
and Itamar.
2 But Nadav and Avihu died before their
father and had no children; therefore El'azar and Itamar functioned
as the cohanim.
3 David, together with Tzadok from the
descendants of El'azar, and Achimelekh from the descendants of
Itamar, arranged them in divisions for service.
4 There were more men who were chiefs
found among the descendants of El'azar than among the descendants of
Itamar; therefore there were sixteen divisions of the descendants of
El'azar, headed by clan leaders, and eight divisions of the
descendants of Itamar, according to their clans.
5 They were assigned [periods of service]
by lot, the one group equally with the other, since both the
descendants of El'azar and the descendants of Itamar had officers of
the sanctuary and officers of God.
6 Sh'ma'yah the son of N'tan'el the
secretary, one of the L'vi'im, recorded them in the presence of the
king, the officers, Tzadok the cohen, Achimelekh the son of Evyatar,
and the clan leaders of the cohanim and of the L'vi'im - with two
clan divisions taken from El'azar for each one from Itamar.
7 The first lot drawn was for Y'hoyariv,
the second for Y'da'yah,
8 the third for Harim, the fourth for
S'orim,
9 the fifth for Malkiyah, the sixth for
Miyamin,
10 the seventh for Hakotz, the eighth for
Aviyah,
11 the ninth for Yeshua, the tenth for
Sh'khanyahu,
12 the eleventh for Elyashiv, the twelfth
for Yakim,
13 the thirteenth for Hupah, the
fourteenth for Yeshev'av,
14 the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth
for Immer,
15 the seventeenth for Hezir, the
eighteenth for HaPitzetz
16 the nineteenth for P'tachyah, the
twentieth for Yechezk'el,
17 the twenty-first for Yakhin, the
twenty-second for Gamul,
18 the twenty-third for D'layahu, and the
twenty-fourth for Ma'azyahu.
19 These are the divisions and the
sequence in which they served in the house of ADONAI, in accordance
with the rule they were given through Aharon their ancestor, as
ADONAI the God of Isra'el had ordered him.
