[3] And four Councils to be formed for the future from persons of the stated age, and a division of these selected by lot to officiate, but the others also to be included in each such selection. And the Hundred Men to divide themselves and the others1 into four divisions as nearly equal as possible, and to cast lots among them, and those on whom the lot falls to form the Council for a year.
1 i.e. the rest of the Five Thousand.