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And David divided them, with Sadok from the sons of Eleazar and Achimelech from the sons of Ithamar, according to their registration, according to their service, according to their ancestral houses.
And the sons of Eleazar were found more numerous as rulers of the mighty men than the sons of Ithamar, and he divided them: for the sons of Eleazar, rulers for ancestral houses, sixteen; and for the sons of Ithamar, eight, by ancestral houses.
And he divided them by lots, these with those, because there were rulers of the holy things and rulers of the Lord among the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar.
And Samaias son of Nathanael the scribe, from Levi, wrote them down before the king and the rulers, and Sadok the priest and Achimelech son of Abiathar and the heads of the ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites—one ancestral house each for Eleazar and one each for Ithamar.
This is their registration according to their service, to enter into the house of the Lord according to their ordinance, through the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
And they also took lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, before the king and Sadok and Achimelech and the heads of the ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites—the patriarchs araab, just as his younger brothers.