Liber II, cap. 5. De Jurejurando et SorteThe two editions number this verse differently — Milton’s Bible divides the chapter at another point, so both numbers are right:
Latin {¶18} Nehem. x. 35. — …n. xxvi. 13, 14. conjecerunt sortes æque parvi atque magni—. Nehem. x. 35. item sortes conjecimus sacerdotum, Levitarum, et populi—. Luc. i. 9. secundum ritum functionis…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶18} Neh. x. 34. — …xvi. 13, 14. they cast lots, as well the small as the great. Neh. x. 34. we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people. Luke i. 9. according to the custom of the pries…