¶ Dauid assygneth offyces to the sonnes of Aaron.
CAPI XXIIII.
THese are the deuisions of the sonnes of [unspec A] Aaron: The sonnes of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. * 1.1 Nadab also and Abihu dyed before theyr father, and had no Chyldren: But Eleazar, and Itha∣mar executed the preestes offyce. And Dauid ordred them on this maner: Sadocke of the sonnes of Eleazar, & Ahimelek of the sonnes of Ithamar accordynge to theyr offyces in theyr ministracion. And there were mo aunci¦ent men found among thosonnes of Eleazar then the sonnes of Ithamar. And thus were they ordred togyther: Among the sonnes of Eliazar there were syxtene rulers, accordyng to the housholde of theyr fathers: and ryght among the sonnes of Ithamar accordyng to the houshold of theyr fathers. And thus were they put in order by lot, the one sorte from the other, & so were there rulers in the Sanctuary and lordes before God, as well of the sonnes of Ithamar as of the sonnes of Eleazar.
And Semeia the sonne of Nathaneel the [unspec B] scri•••••••• the kynred of the Leuit{is} wrote them bef•••••• kynge and the Lordes, and before Sadok the preest and Ahimelek the sonne of Abiathar, and before the auncient fathers, before the preestes and the Leuites: one prin∣cipall housholde beyng reserued for Eleazar and one for Ithamar. And the fyrst lot fell to Iehoiarib, and the seconde to Iedaia. The thyrde to Harim, and the fourth to Sehorim. The fyfte to Melchia, and the syxte to Mia∣min, The seuenth to Hakos, and the eyght to * 1.2 Abia. The nynth to Iesua: and the tenth to Secan••ahu: the eleuenth to Eliasib: And the twelfth to Iakim: The thyrtenth to Hupa: The fourtenth to Iesebeab. The fyftenth to [unspec C] Bisga, and the syxtenth to Immer. The se∣uententh to Hezir, and the eyghtenth to Hap∣zez. The nyntenth to Pathahia, and the twen¦tieth to Ieheskell. The. xxi. to Iachim. & the xxii. to Gamul. The. xxiii. to Delaiahu, and the. xxiiii. to Maasiahu. These are the ordi∣naunces of them in theyr offyces when they came in to the house of the Lorde, accordyng to theyr maner vnder Aaron theyr Father, as the lorde God of Israel had cōmaūded hym.
The rest of the sonnes of Leui, are these: of the sonnes of Amram, Subael. Of the son∣nes of Suhael, Iehediahu. Of the sonnes of Rehabia, the fyrst Iesia. Of the Iezeharites Selomoth. Of the sonnes also of Selomoth, Iahath. The sonnes of Iariahu: Amariahu the seconde, Iahaziel the thyrde, & Iekameā the fourth. Of the sonnes of Usiel, Micha. Of the sonnes of Micha, Samir. The bro∣ther [unspec D] of Micha was Iisia. Of the sonnes also of Iisia Zechariahu. The sonnes of Merari were Mahil & Musi. The sonnes of Iaazia∣hu, Beno. The sonnes of Merati by Iahazia¦hu. Beno, Sohem, Zacur and Ibri. Of Ma¦heli came Eleazar & he had no sonnes. Of his the sonnes of Kis: Iera hemeel. The sonnes of Mus••: Mahli, Eder and Ierimoth. These are the chyldrē of the Leuites after the hous∣holde of theyr fathers. And these cast lottes nexte to theyr brethren the sonnes of Aaron, in the presence of Dauid the kyng, and Sa∣dok and Ahimelek and the auncient fathers, preestes, and Leuites: euen the principall fa∣thers before theyr yonger brethren: ❀ (the lot made equall distributyon amonge them all.)