1 Chronicles 26:13

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 courses of the doorkeepers, even the chief men, had wards over against their brethren, to minister in the house of the LORD.

14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for they were princes of the sanctuary and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 25:8And they cast lots ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

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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