Thus they were divided by lot, these and these; for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of the house of God, from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar.

And the scribe, Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, the rulers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and Levites, one father's house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

By the mouth of the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the many and the few.

And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and scholar.

And they cast lots for each gate, the small and the great, according to their father's house.