1 Chronicles 25:8
They cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student.
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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 16:8Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats: one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
1 Chronicles 15:22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skilful.
1 Chronicles 24:31These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites, the fathers’ households of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
1 Chronicles 26:13They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.
2 Chronicles 23:13Then she looked, and behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, with the captains and the trumpeters by the king. All the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. The singers also played musical instruments, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, “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 →