1 Chronicles 26:13

Yea they cast lots, as the small so the great, by their ancestral house, for every several gate.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

12To these, belonged the courses of door-keepers, to the chiefs of the strong men, belonged charges, equally with their brethren,—to be in attendance in the house of Yahweh.

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

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:5They divided them, therefore, by [casting] lots, these with those,—for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, from among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 25:8So they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as the small so the great, the teacher with the learner.

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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