¹² Then some of the leaders in Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—confronted those who were arriving from the war.

¹⁹ As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around their towns or in any other towns,^(A) men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.

¹⁷ Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified,