1 Chronicles 24

1Forsothe to the sones of Aaron these porciouns schulen be; the sones of Aaron weren Nadab, and Abyud, Eleazar, and Ythamar; 2but Nadab and Abyud weren deed with out fre children bifor her fadir, and Eleazar and Ythamar weren set in presthod. 3And Dauith departide hem, that is, Sadoch, of the sones of Eleazar, and Achymelech, of the sones of Ithamar, by her whiles and seruyce; 4and the sones of Eleazar weren founden many mo in the men princes, than the sones of Ythamar. Forsothe he departide to hem, that is, to the sones of Eleazar, sixtene prynces bi meynees; and to the sones of Ythamar eiyte prynces bi her meynees and howsis. 5Sotheli 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 of the sones of Ithamar. 6And Semeye, the sone of Nathanael, a scribe of the lynage of Leuy, discriuede hem bifore the king and pryncis, and bifor Sadoch, the preest, and Achymelech, the sone of Abiathar, and to the prynces of meynees of the preestis and of the dekenes; he discriuyde oon hows of Eleazar, that was souereyn to othere, and `the tother hows of Ithamar, that hadde othere vndir hym. 7Forsothe the firste lot yede out to Joiarib, the secounde to Jedeie, 8the thridde to Aharym, the fourthe to Seorym, 9the fyuethe to Melchie, 10the sixte to Maynan, the seuenthe to Accos, 11the eiythe to Abia, the nynthe to Hieusu, the tenthe to Sechema, the elleuenthe to Eliasib, 12the tweluethe to Jacyn, 13the thrittenthe to Opha, the fourtenthe to Isbaal, 14the fiftenthe to Abelga, the sixtenthe to Emmer, 15the seuententhe to Ezir, the eiytenthe to Ahapses, the nyntenthe to Pheseye, 16the twentithe to Jezechel, 17the oon and twentithe to Jachym, the two and twentithe to Gamul, the thre and twentithe to Dalayam, 18the foure and twentithe to Mazzian. 19These weren the whilis of hem bi her mynysteries, that thei entre in to the hows of God, and bi her custom vndur the hond of Aaron, her fadir, as the Lord God of Israel comaundide. 20Forsothe Sebahel was prince of the sones of Leuy that weren resydue, of the sones of Amram; and the sone of Sebahel was Jedeie; 21also Jesie was prince of the sones of Roobie. 22Sotheli Salomoth was prince of Isaaris; and the sone of Salamoth was Janadiath; 23and his firste sone was Jeriuans, `Amarie the secounde, Azihel the thridde, `Jethmoan the fourthe. 24The sone of Ozihel was Mycha; the sone of Mycha was Samyr; 25the brother of Mycha was Jesia; and the sone of Jesia was Zacharie. 26The sones of Merary weren Mooli and Musi; the sone of Josyan was Bennon; 27and the sone of Merarie was Ozian, and Soen, and Zaccur, and Hebri. 28Sotheli the sone of Mooli was Eleazar, that hadde not fre sones; forsothe the sone of Cys was Jeremyhel; 29the sones of Musy weren Mooli, 30Eder, Jerymuth. These weren the sones of Leuy, bi the housis of her meynees. 31Also and thei senten lottis ayens her britheren, the sones of Aaron, bifor Dauid the kyng, and bifor Sadoch, and Achymelech, and the princes of meynees of preestis and of dekenes; lot departide euenli alle, bothe the gretter and the lesse.
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