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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-This continues the list begun in [1 Chronicles 24:7](../24/07.md) of 24 lots that were cast to decide how the descendants of Eleazar and Ithamar would be divided into groups for their work as priests.
-
 # the seventeenth ... the eighteenth
 
-This refers to the seventeenth and eighteenth lots. The word "lot" may be supplied here. Alternate translation: "the seventeenth lot ... the eighteenth lot" or "lot number 17 ... lot number 18"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
+"the seventeenth lot ... the eighteenth lot"
 
 # Hezir ... Happizzez
 
-These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
-
+These are names of men.