15 Eden,(A) Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests(B) were to distribute it faithfully under his authority to their brothers by divisions, whether large or small. 16 In addition, they distributed it to males registered by genealogy three[a](C) years old and above; to all who would enter the Lord’s temple for their daily duty,(D) for their service in their responsibilities according to their divisions. 17 They distributed also to those recorded by genealogy of the priests by their ancestral families[b] and the Levites twenty years old and above,(E) by their responsibilities in their divisions;

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Footnotes

  1. 31:16 Or 30; 1Ch 23:3
  2. 31:17 Lit by the house of their fathers

15 Eden,(A) Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shekaniah assisted him faithfully in the towns(B) of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.

16 In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records(C)—all who would enter the temple of the Lord to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. 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.

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