24:4a Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar,

Eleazar’s clan had more qualified leaders than Ithamar’s clan.
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There were more leaders among Eleazar’s descendants than among Ithamar’s descendants. (EEB)

24:4b they were divided accordingly.

So the priests were separated into their groups based on that fact. (New International Reader’s Version)
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They, ⌊David, Zadok and Ahimelek,⌋ organized the priests according to the number of the leaders in each family.

24:4c There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar

There were 16 leaders from Eleazar’s family (English Easy-to-Read Version)
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So from Eleazar’s descendants, there were sixteen (16) groups with their leaders.

24:4d and eight from the descendants of Ithamar.

and 8 leaders from Ithamar’s family.
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From Ithamar’s descendants, there were eight (8) groups with their leaders.

24:4a–d (combined)

The descendants of Eleazar were organized into sixteen groups, while the descendants of Ithamar were organized into eight. This was done because there were more male leaders among the descendants of Eleazar.

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