1 Chronicles 25:8
And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned.
Catholic Public Domain 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 casting lots over them both, one is to be offered to the Lord, and the other is to be the emissary goat.
1 Chronicles 15:22Now Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was foremost over the prophecies, in order to mark out in advance the melodies. For indeed, he was very skillful.
1 Chronicles 24:31And they also cast lots concerning their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the leaders of the priestly and Levitical families, as much concerning the elder as the younger. The lot divided all things equitably.
1 Chronicles 26:13Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates.
2 Chronicles 23:13And when she had seen the king standing upon the step at the entrance, and the leaders and companies around him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets, and playing on instruments of various kinds, and the voice of those who were praising, she tore her garments, and she said: “Treason! Treason!”
Proverbs 16:33Lots are cast into the lap, but they are tempered by the 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 →