translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “for their assignment in their service.”


text: Heb “And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more, with respect to the heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them. To the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads, according to the house of the fathers; and to the sons of Ithamar there were eight, according to the house of their fathers.”


text: Heb “and they divided them by lots, these with these, for the officials of the holy place and the officials of God were from the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar.”


text: Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’ akhuz ) to אֶחָד (’ ekhad , “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”


text: Heb “father.”


text: Heb “these were their responsibilities for their service to enter the house of the Lord according to their manner [given] by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded him.”


text: Heb “Belonging to the rest of the sons of Levi.”


text: This appears to be a variant of the name Shebuel (cf. 1 Chr 23:16 and 26:24 ).


label: NET textual note

text: Most Hebrew mss omit “Hebron” here, but see 1 Chr 23:19 . The name is included in two Hebrew mss and some LXX mss .


text: The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this.


text: Heb “the sons of Jaaziah, Beno.” Apparently בְנוֹ ( vÿno ), which could be translated “his son,” is a proper name here. The text, however, may be corrupt at this point; a list of Jaaziah’s sons may have been accidentally omitted. See v. 27 .


text: Or “from Jaaziah his son.” See the note on “Beno” in v. 26 .


text: The Hebrew text has, “Belonging to [i.e., from] Kish, the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.” There appears to be a conflation of headings.


text: Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”