1 Chronicles 24:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ David, with the help of Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar, divided them according to the responsibilities of their service.

⁴ A larger number of leaders was found among the descendants of Eleazar than among the descendants of Ithamar. This is how they were divided: for the descendants of Eleazar there were sixteen leaders of the ancestral clans, and for the descendants of Ithamar there were eight leaders of the ancestral clans. ⁵ They divided them by lot, for there were officials of the sanctuary^[a] and officials of God from among the descendants of Eleazar and from among the descendants of Ithamar.