1 Chronicles 26:13

And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their family divisions, for each and every gate.

Leeser Tanakh

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 divisions of the gatekeepers, after the chief men, had the watch along with their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.

14And the lot at the east fell for Shelemyahu. And for Zecharyahu his son, an intelligent counsellor, they cast lots, and his lot came out at the north.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:5And they divided them off by lot, both the first and the last; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors [of the house] of God, were from the sons of El'azar, and from the sons of Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 25:8And they cast lots, division against [division], the small well as the great, the one acquainted with his business together with 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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