The Divisions of Priests
1These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron:
The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests. 3With the help of Zadok a descendant of Eleazar and Ahimelek a descendant of Ithamar, David separated them into divisions for their appointed order of ministering. 4A larger number of leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than among Ithamar’s, and they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of families from Eleazar’s descendants and eight heads of families from Ithamar’s descendants. 5They divided them impartially by casting lots, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.
6The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officials: Zadok the priest, Ahimelek son of Abiathar and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar and then one from Ithamar.
7The first lot fell to Jehoiarib,
the second to Jedaiah,
8the third to Harim,
the fourth to Seorim,
9the fifth to Malkijah,
the sixth to Mijamin,
10the seventh to Hakkoz,
the eighth to Abijah,
11the ninth to Jeshua,
the tenth to Shekaniah,
12the eleventh to Eliashib,
the twelfth to Jakim,
13the thirteenth to Huppah,
the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14the fifteenth to Bilgah,
the sixteenth to Immer,
15the seventeenth to Hezir,
the eighteenth to Happizzez,
16the nineteenth to Pethahiah,
the twentieth to Jehezkel,
17the twenty-first to Jakin,
the twenty-second to Gamul,
18the twenty-third to Delaiah
and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
19This was their appointed order of ministering when they entered the temple of the Lord, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their ancestor Aaron, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
The Rest of the Levites
20As for the rest of the descendants of Levi:
from the sons of Amram: Shubael;
from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
21As for Rehabiah, from his sons:
Ishiah was the first.
22From the Izharites: Shelomoth;
from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
23The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first,24:23 Two Hebrew manuscripts and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 23:19); most Hebrew manuscripts The sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
24The son of Uzziel: Micah;
from the sons of Micah: Shamir.
25The brother of Micah: Ishiah;
from the sons of Ishiah: Zechariah.
26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
27The sons of Merari:
from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zakkur and Ibri.
28From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
29From Kish: the son of Kish:
Jerahmeel.
30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth.
These were the Levites, according to their families. 31They also cast lots, just as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did, in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelek, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites. The families of the oldest brother were treated the same as those of the youngest.
祭司的職務
1下面是亞倫子孫的班次。亞倫的兒子是拿答、亞比戶、以利亞撒、以他瑪。 2拿答和亞比戶比父親先死，而且沒有留下兒子，因此以利亞撒和以他瑪做了祭司。 3在以利亞撒的子孫撒督和以他瑪的子孫亞希米勒的協助下，大衛將亞倫的子孫分成班次，讓他們各司其職。 4以利亞撒的子孫中做首領的比以他瑪的子孫中做首領的多，他們被分成班次：以利亞撒的子孫中有十六個族長，以他瑪的子孫中有八個族長。 5因為以利亞撒和以他瑪的子孫中都有人在聖所做首領事奉上帝，他們便用抽籤的方法公平地分班。 6利未人拿坦業的兒子示瑪雅是書記。他在君王、首領、撒督祭司、亞比亞他的兒子亞希米勒、眾祭司和利未人的族長面前把抽出的名字記錄下來。他們從以利亞撒的子孫中抽出一族，從以他瑪的子孫中抽出一族。
7第一籤抽出來的是耶何雅立，第二籤是耶大雅， 8第三籤是哈琳，第四籤是梭琳， 9第五籤是瑪基雅，第六籤是米雅民， 10第七籤是哈歌斯，第八籤是亞比雅， 11第九籤是耶書亞，第十籤是示迦尼， 12第十一籤是以利亞實，第十二籤是雅金， 13第十三籤是胡巴，第十四籤是耶是比押， 14第十五籤是璧迦，第十六籤是音麥， 15第十七籤是希悉，第十八籤是哈辟悉， 16第十九籤是毗他希雅，第二十籤是以西結， 17第二十一籤是雅斤，第二十二籤是迦末， 18第二十三籤是第來雅，第二十四籤是瑪西亞。 19他們照這班次，按以色列的上帝耶和華藉他們的祖先亞倫所定的條例，在耶和華的殿裡司職。
20其他利未人還有暗蘭的後代書巴業，書巴業的後裔耶希底亞， 21利哈比雅的長子伊示雅， 22以斯哈的後代示羅摩，示羅摩的後代雅哈， 23希伯倫的長子耶利雅、次子亞瑪利亞、三子雅哈悉、四子耶加緬， 24烏薛的後代米迦，米迦的後代沙密， 25米迦的弟兄伊示雅，伊示雅的後代撒迦利雅， 26米拉利的兒子抹利、姆示、雅西雅，雅西雅的兒子比挪， 27米拉利的後代雅西雅的兒子比挪、朔含、撒刻、伊比利， 28抹利的兒子以利亞撒，以利亞撒沒有兒子， 29基士的後代耶拉篾， 30姆示的兒子末力、以得、耶利摩。這些按宗族都是利未人的後代。 31他們也在大衛王、撒督、亞希米勒、眾祭司和利未人的族長面前抽籤，不分長幼，正如他們的親族亞倫的後代所做的一樣。
