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CAP. XXIV.

[verse 1] Forsothe to the sones of Aaron these porciouns schulen be; the sones of Aaron weren Nadab, and Abyud, Eleazar, and [verse 2] Ythamar; but Nadab and Abyud weren deed with out fre children bifor her fadir [fadir diede IS.] , and Eleazar and Ythamar weren set in presthod. [verse 3] And Dauith departide hem, that is, Sadoch, of [and N.] the sones of Eleazar, and Achymelech, of the sones of Ithamar, [verse 4] by her whiles and seruyce [her seruyce IS.] ; and the sones of Eleazar weren founden many mo in the men princes, than [than neren IS.] the sones of Ytha|mar. Forsothe [And IS.] he [Dauid IS.] departide to hem, that is, to the sones of [of Israel S.] Eleazar, sixtene prynces bi meynees [her meynees IS.] ; and to the sones of Ythamar eiȝte [he departid eiȝte S.] prynces bi her meynees and howsis. [verse 5] Sotheli [And IS.] he departide euer eithir meynees among hem silf bi lottis;

for there weren princes of the seyntuarye, and princes of the hows of God, as wel of the sones of Eleazar as [and A.] of the sones of Ithamar. [verse 6] And Semeye, the sone of Na|thanael, a scribe of the lynage of Leuy, discriuede [discryued, ordeyned or presentid S.] hem bifore the king and pryncis [of princes S.] , and bifor Sadoch, the preest, and Achymelech [bifore Achimalech S.] , the sone of Abiathar, and to the prynces of meynees [the meynees C.] of the [Om. IS.] preestis and of [Om. S.] the dekenes; he discriuyde oon hows of Eleazar, that was souereyn to othere, and `the tother [that other I.] hows of Itha|mar, that hadde othere [othere prestis and dekens IS.] vndir hym. [verse 7] For|sothe [Certis IS.] the firste lot ȝede out to Joiarib, the [verse 8] secounde to Jedeie, the thridde to Aha|rym, [verse 9] the fourthe to Seorym, the fyuethe [verse 10] to Melchie, the sixte to Maynan, the se|uenthe [verse 11] to Accos, the eiȝthe to Abia, the nynthe to Hieusu, the tenthe to Sechema, [verse 12] the elleuenthe to Eliasib, the tweluethe [verse 13] to Jacyn, the thrittenthe to Opha, the [verse 14] fourtenthe to Isbaal, the fiftenthe to Abel|ga, [verse 15] the sixtenthe to Emmer, the seuen|tenthe to Ezir, the eiȝtenthe to Ahapses, [verse 16] the nyntenthe to Pheseye, the twentithe [verse 17] to Jezechel, the oon and twentithe to Ja|chym, the two and twentithe to Gamul, [verse 18] the thre and twentithe to Dalayam, the [and the IS.] foure and twentithe to Mazzian. [verse 19] These weren the whilis [whilis or tymes IS.] of hem bi her myny|steries [seruyces IS.] , that thei entre in to the hows of God, and bi her custom [custom do her office I. custom vse her office S.] vndur the hond of Aaron, her fadir, as the Lord God of Israel comaundide. [verse 20] Forsothe Sebahel was prince of the sones of Leuy that weren resydue [left IS.] , of the sones of Amram; and the [verse 21] sone of Sebahel was Jedeie; also Jesie was prince of the sones of Roobie. [verse 22] Sotheli [And IS.] Salomoth was prince of Isaaris; and the [verse 23] sone of Salamoth was Janadiath; and his firste sone was Jeriuans, `Amarie the se|counde [the secounde sone was Amarie IS.] , Azihel the thridde, `Jethmoan the fourthe [and the fourthe Jethmoan I.] . [verse 24] The sone of Ozihel was My|cha; [verse 25] the sone of Mycha was Samyr; the

brother of Mycha was Jesia; and [Om. IMSXb.] the sone of Jesia was Zacharie. [verse 26] The sones of Merary weren Mooli and Musi; the sone [verse 27] of Josyan was Bennon; and the sone of Merarie was Ozian, and Soen, and Zac|cur, and Hebri. [verse 28] Sotheli [And IS.] the sone of Mooli was Eleazar, that [the whiche I. whiche S.] hadde not fre sones; [verse 29] forsothe [and IS.] the sone of Cys was Jeremyhel; [verse 30] the sones of Musy weren Mooli, Eder, Jerymuth [and Jerymuth IS.] . These weren the sones of Leuy, bi the housis of her meynees. [verse 31] Also and thei senten lottis aȝens her britheren, the sones of Aaron, bifor Dauid the [Om. S.] kyng, and bifor Sadoch, and Achymelech, and the [bifore the I. bifore S.] princes of meynees [the meynees S.] of preestis and of dekenes; lot departide euenli alle [alle thingis IS.] , bothe the [to IS.] gretter and the [to IS.] lesse.