And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the leaders, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites: one father's house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ithamar. All was done with the utmost order, and the priests took care to observe the regulation, till the end of the republic. (Josephus, vii. 2., and contra Apion i., and ii., and Luke i. 5.)
The family of Eleazar had many prerogatives over the rest, as it was longer in possession of the high priesthood, and more numerous; but that of Ithamar, gave pontiffs to the nation at the time of this regulation. The Hebrew is very obscure, and is deemed incorrect. (Cap.) (Grotius) (Calmet)
Protestants, "one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. "
The insertion of "one "which is in the Septuagint, removes the difficulty. (Haydock)
The two families were enregistered alternately, (Menochius) till the eight families of Ithamar were done. (Haydock)
