1 Chronicles 26:13

Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates.

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In The King James Version

And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

In Context

12These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord.

14And the lot of the east fell out to Shelemiah. But to his son Zechariah, a very prudent and learned man, the northern section was obtained by lot.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:5Then he divided among them, in both families, by lot. For there were leaders of the sanctuary and leaders of God, as much from the sons of Eleazar as from the sons of Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 25:8And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 26:2-20

The Officers of the Levites. ( b. c. Date.) 1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar… Read the whole commentary →

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