And thereweremorechief men found of the sons of Eleazarthan of the sons of Ithamar; and thusweretheydivided. Among the sons of Eleazarthereweresixteenchief men of the house of theirfathers, and eightamong the sons of Ithamaraccording to the house of theirfathers.
Thusweretheydivided by lot, one sortwithanother; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrotethembefore the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principalhouseholdbeingtaken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
Thesewere the orderings of them in theirservice to comeinto the house of the LORD, according to theirmanner, underAarontheirfather, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
Theselikewisecastlotsoveragainsttheirbrethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principalfathersoveragainsttheiryoungerbrethren.