Chapter 24
1 Now [these are] the divisions of the sons of Aharon [Bright, Very High] . The sons of Aharon [Bright, Very High] ; Nadav [Generous] , and Avihu [he is my father] , El’azar [God has helped] , and Itamar [Coast of Palms] .
2 But Nadav [Generous] and Avihu [he is my father] died before their father, and had no children: therefore El’azar [God has helped] and Itamar [Coast of Palms] executed the priest’s office.
3 And David [beloved] distributed them, both Tzadok [righteous] of the sons of El’azar [God has helped] , and Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] of the sons of Itamar [Coast of Palms] , according to their offices in their service.
4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of El’azar [God has helped] than of the sons of Itamar [Coast of Palms] ; and [thus] were they divided. Among the sons of El’azar [God has helped] [there were] sixteen chief men of the house of [their] fathers, and eight among the sons of Itamar [Coast of Palms] according to the house of their fathers.
5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors [of the house] of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] , were of the sons of El’azar [God has helped] , and of the sons of Itamar [Coast of Palms] .
6 And Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] the son of N’tan’el [God’s Gift] the scribe, [one] of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] , wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Tzadok [righteous] the priest, and Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] the son of Avyatar [my father is great] , and [before] the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] : one principal household being taken for El’azar [God has helped] , and [one] taken for Itamar [Coast of Palms] .
7 Now the first lot came forth to Y’hoyariv [Yehovah contends] , the second to Y’da’yah [Yehovah has known] ,
8 The third to Harim [dedicated] , the fourth to S’orim [barley] ,
9 The fifth to Malkiyah [my king is Yehovah] , the sixth to Minyamin [from the right hand] ,
10 The seventh to Hakotz [thorn] , the eighth to Aviyah [Yehovah is (my) father] ,
11 The ninth to Yeshua [he is saved] , the tenth to Sh’khanyahu [dweller with Yehovah] ,
12 The eleventh to Elyashiv [God restores] , the twelfth to Yakim [He will raise] ,
13 The thirteenth to Hupah [canopy] , the fourteenth to Yeshev’av [dwelling of the father] ,
14 The fifteenth to Bilgah [cheerfulness] , the sixteenth to Immer [he has said] ,
15 The seventeenth to Hezir [swine] , the eighteenth to HaPitzetz [to break] ,
16 The nineteenth to P’tachyah [freed by Yehovah] , the twentieth to Yechezk’el [God strengthens] ,
17 The one and twentieth to Yakhin [He will establish] , the two and twentieth to Gamul [weaned] ,
18 The three and twentieth to D’layahu [Yehovah has accomplished] , the four and twentieth to Ma’azyah [consolation of Yehovah] .
19 These [were] the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , according to their manner, under Aharon [Bright, Very High] their father, as the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] had commanded him.
20 And the rest of the sons of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] [were these] : Of the sons of ‘Amram [exalted people] ; Shuva’el [captive of God] : of the sons of Shuva’el [captive of God] ; Yechd’yah [Yehovah is unity] .
21 Concerning Rechavyah [Yehovah has enlarged] : of the sons of Rechavyah [Yehovah has enlarged] , the first [was] Yishiyah [Yehovah will lend] .
22 Of the Yitz’hari [oil] ; Shlomot [peaceful] : of the sons of Shlomot [peaceful] ; Yachat [He will snatch up] .
23 And the sons [of Hevron [Seat of Association] ]; Yeriyahu [taught by Yehovah] [the first] , Amaryah [Yehovah speaks] the second, Yachazi’el [beheld of God] the third, Y’kam’am [let the people rise] the fourth.
24 [Of] the sons of Uzziel [My Strength is God] ; Mikhah [who is like God] : of the sons of Mikhah [who is like God] ; Shamir [A Point or Thorn] .
25 The brother of Mikhah [who is like God] [was] Yishiyah [Yehovah will lend] : of the sons of Yishiyah [Yehovah will lend] ; Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] .
26 The sons of M’rari [Bitter] [were] Machli [Sick] and Mushi [Yielding] : the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
27 The sons of M’rari [Bitter] by Ya’aziyahu [made bold by Yehovah] ; his son, and Shoham [onyx] , and Zakur [Mindful] , and ‘Ivri [Hebrew] .
28 Of Machli [Sick] [came] El’azar [God has helped] , who had no sons.
29 Concerning Kish [bent] : the son of Kish [bent] [was] Yerachme’el [my God have pity] .
30 The sons also of Mushi [Yielding] ; Machli [Sick] , and ‘Eder [A Flock] , and Yerimot [He is Most High] . These [were] the sons of the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] after the house of their fathers.
31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aharon [Bright, Very High] in the presence of David [beloved] the king, and Tzadok [righteous] , and Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] , and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] , even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.