Chronicles I 24:6

6 And Samaias the son of Nathanael, the scribe, of Levi, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar ; and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites, each of a household one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar.

Chronicles I 24:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 24:6

And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe
The Targum is, Moses the chief scribe, so called: one

of the Levites wrote them:
the lots, and the names upon them, put into the urn, and as they came out, which was first, second and this was done

before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech
the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests
and Levites;
and in this public manner, before such great personages, and in the presence of those that were interested in the affair, that it might appear plainly no fraudulent methods were taken, and that there might be no suspicion of any:

one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one for Ithamar;
the sense of Jarchi as above, and other Jewish writers, is, that one was added to each family of Eleazar, and so made sixteen, and Ithamar's were retained, and left as at first, eight: but the sense is, that first one family of Eleazar was taken, and then one of Ithamar's family, and then one of Eleazar's again, and so on until sixteen were gone through; and then the other eight were divided under so many heads of the family of Eleazar.

Chronicles I 24:6 In-Context

4 And there were found the sons of Eleazar more chiefs of the mighty ones, than of the sons of Ithamar: and he divided them, sixteen heads of families to the sons of Eleazar, eight according to families to the sons of Ithamar.

5 And he divided them according to their lots, one with the other; for there were those who had charge of the holy things, and those who had charge of the of the Lord among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.

6 And Samaias the son of Nathanael, the scribe, of Levi, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar ; and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites, each of a household one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar.

7 And the first lot came out to Joarim, the second to Jedia,

8 the third to Charib, the fourth to Seorim,