And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and {cf15i thus} were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of father-s houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers- houses, eight.
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers- {cf15i houses} of the priests and of the Levites: one fathers- house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance {cf15i given} unto them by the hand of Aaron their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers- {cf15i houses} of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers- {cf15i houses} of the chief even as those of his younger brother.