1 Chronicles 24:1-5
1 Chronicles 24:1
Now the divisions of the descendants of Aaron were these: the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:2
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
1 Chronicles 24:3
David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices for their ministry.
1 Chronicles 24:4
Since more chief men were found from the descendants of Eleazar than the descendants of Ithamar, they divided them this way: there were sixteen heads of fathers’ households of the descendants of Eleazar, and eight of the descendants of Ithamar according to their fathers’ households.
1 Chronicles 24:5
So they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, both from the descendants of Eleazar and the descendants of Ithamar.