1 Chronicles 25:8
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.
Majority Standard Bible
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 16:8After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,
1 Chronicles 15:22Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
1 Chronicles 24:31As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.
1 Chronicles 26:13They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
2 Chronicles 23:13And she looked and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”
Proverbs 16:33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from 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 →