1 Chronicles 25:8
And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 16:8And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
1 Chronicles 15:22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song. He instructed about the song because he was skilful.
1 Chronicles 24:31These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and of the Levites, the fathers of the chief even as those o
1 Chronicles 26:13And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses for every gate.
2 Chronicles 23:13And she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king. And all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. The singers also [played] on instruments of music
Proverbs 16:33The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of LORD.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 25:2-8
The Courses of the Singers. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and… Read the whole commentary →