⁷Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah; =7.= _Jehoiarib_] Lists of the priestly families occur also Nehemiah x. 2‒8, xii. 1‒7, 12‒21. Compare Ryle (on Nehemiah xii. 1) for a discussion of the names. For _Jehoiarib_ see ix. 10, note. ⁸the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim; =8.= _Harim_] So Nehemiah x. 5, xii. 15, but in Nehemiah xii. 3, “Rehum.” The confusion of form is easy in Hebrew writing. ⁹the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin; =9.= _Mijamin_] So Nehemiah x. 7, xii. 5; but xii. 17, “Miniamin.” ¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah; =10.= _Hakkoz_] Called “Koz” in Ezra ii. 61; Nehemiah iii. 4, 21 (Revised Version “Hakkoz” in all three places; so also in 1 Chronicles 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 Nehemiah x. 7, xii. 4, 17. Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, was of the course of Abiah (Revised Version _Abijah_); Luke i. 5. ¹¹the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah; =11.= _Jeshua_] This is the Hebrew name expressed by Ἰησοῦς 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 Nehemiah xii. 3; but Nehemiah x. 4, xii. 14, “Shebaniah.” The Hebrew letters transliterated _b_ and _c_ are easily confused. ¹²the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim; ¹³the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab; =12.= _Eliashib_] A priest of this name is mentioned Nehemiah xiii. 4‒7. ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer; ¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez; =14.= _Bilgah_] “Bilgah” (Nehemiah xii. 5) appears as a priest or priestly family in the time of the Return, and (under the form “Bilgai,” Nehemiah x. 8) in the time of Nehemiah. _Immer_] compare ix. 12; Ezra ii. 37; Jeremiah xx. 1. ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel; =16.= _Jehezkel_] a more correct form of “Ezekiel,” the name of the priest-prophet of the Captivity. ¹⁷the one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul; =17.= _Jachin_] Compare ix. 10 (= Nehemiah xi. 10). ¹⁸the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. ¹⁹This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance _given_ unto them by the hand of Aaron their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him. =18.= _Maaziah_] Nehemiah x. 8 (x. 9, Hebrew). =20‒31= (compare xxiii. 13‒23). FAMILIES OF THE LEVITES.