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Rh Ithamar. Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah; the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim; the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin; the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah; the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah; the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim; the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab; the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer; the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez; the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel; the one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul; the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the

correction of the Heb. The alternate drawing here described could have lasted only for the first sixteen lots; in the last eight drawings the descendants of Eleazar must have drawn against each other only; cp. ver. 4, and the similar procedure described in xxv. 9—31.

7. Jehoiarib] Lists of the priestly families occur also Neh. x. 2—8, xii. 1—7, 12—21. Cp. Ryle (on Neh. xii. 1) for a discussion of the names. For Jehoiarib see ix. 10, note.

8. Harim] So Neh. x. 5, xii. 15, but in Neh. xii. 3, "Rehum." The confusion of form is easy in Hebrew writing.

9. Mijamin] So Neh. x. 7, xii. 5; but xii. 17, "Miniamin."

10. Hakkoz] Called "Koz" in Ezra ii. 61; Neh. iii. 4, 21 (R.V. "Hakkoz" in all three places; so also in 1 Chr. iv. 8 where a Calebite Koz is mentioned). Unable to trace their genealogy in the records after the Return, this family is stated in Ezra (ii. 61) to have been deprived of their right to the priesthood.

Abijah] So Neh. x. 7, xii. 4, 17. Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, was of the course of Abiah (R.V. Abijah); Luke i. 5.

11. Jeshua] This is the Hebrew name expressed by in Greek, and by "Jesus" in English. The high-priest under whom the second Temple was built bore this name according to Ezra iii. 2, v. 2.

Shecaniah] So Neh. xii. 3; but ib. x. 4, xii. 14, "Shebaniah." The Heb. letters transliterated b and c are easily confused.

12. Eliashib] A priest of this name is mentioned Neh. xiii. 4—7.

14. Bilgah] "Bilgah" (Neh. xii. 5) appears as a priest or priestly family in the time of the Return, and (under the form "Bilgai," Neh. x. 8) in the time of Nehemiah.

Immer] Cp ix. 12; Ezra ii. 37; Jer. xx. 1.

16. Jehezkel] a more correct form of "Ezekiel," the name of the priest-prophet of the Captivity.

17. Jachin] Cp. ix. 10 (= Neh. xi. 10).

18. Maaziah] Neh. x. 8 (x. 9, Heb.).