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17 And the enrollment of the priests was according to the house of their fathers, and the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, according to their posts by their working groups. 18 And they were enrolled with all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters for the whole assembly because of their faithfulness. And they sanctified themselves in holiness. 19 And for the descendants[a] of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of the pasturelands of their cities, in each and every one of their cities[b] were men who were designated by name to give shares to every male among the priests and to everyone enrolled among the Levites.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 31:19 Or “sons”
  2. 2 Chronicles 31:19 Literally “in every city and the city”

17 And they distributed to the priests enrolled by their families in the genealogical records and likewise to the Levites twenty years old or more, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. 18 They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.

19 As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around their towns or in any other towns,(A) men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.

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