Verse 4

And there were found mo of the sonnes of Eleazar by the number of men, then of the sonnes of Ithamar; they deuided them, to wit, among the sonnes of Eleazar, sixteene heads, according to the houshould of their fathers, and among ye sonnes of Ithamar, according to the housholde of their fathers, eight.

Referenced Verses

• Num 25:11-13 : 11 Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest, hath turned mine anger away from the children of Israel, while hee was zealous for my sake among them: therefore I haue not consumed the children of Israel in my ielousie. 12 Wherefore say to him, Beholde, I giue vnto him my couenant of peace, 13 And he shal haue it, and his seede after him, euen the couenant of the priestes office for euer, because he was zealous for his God, & hath made an atonement for the children of Israel.
• 1 Chr 15:6-9 : 6 Of the sonnes of Merari, Asaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth and twentie. 7 Of the sonnes of Gershom, Ioel the chiefe, and his brethren an hundreth and thirtie. 8 Of the sonnes of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundreth. 9 Of the sonnes of Hebron, Eliel the chiefe, and his brethren fourescore. 10 Of the sonnes of Vzziel, Amminadab the chiefe, and his brethren an hundreth and twelue. 11 And Dauid called Zadok and Abiathar the Priestes, and of the Leuites, Vriel, Asaiah and Ioel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab: 12 And he saide vnto them, Ye are the chiefe fathers of the Leuites: sanctifie your selues, and your brethren, and bring vp the Arke of the Lorde God of Israel vnto the place that I haue prepared for it.
• 1 Chr 23:24 : 24 These were the sonnes of Leui according to the house of their fathers, euen the chiefe fathers according to their offices, according to the nomber of names and their summe that did the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lorde from the age of twentie yeeres and aboue.