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Bishop's Bible

1 Chronicles 25:8

And they cast lottes among them selues how they should waite, aswel for the small as for the great, for the scholler aswell as for the schoolemaister.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Asaph;   Music;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Lots;   Music;   Ward, or Guard;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Education in Bible Times;   Priest, Priesthood;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Izri;   Levites;   Music;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gershon, Gershonites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Music;   School;   Ward;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Lot;   Music;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Augury;   Disciple;   Divide;   Mallothi;   Ward;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Education;   Lots;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.
Hebrew Names Version
They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
King James Version
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
English Standard Version
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
New Century Version
Everyone threw lots to choose the time his family was to serve at the Temple. The young and the old, the teacher and the student, had to throw lots.
New English Translation
They cast lots to determine their responsibilities—oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.
Amplified Bible
The musicians cast lots for their duties, everyone alike, the small (younger) as well as the great (older), the teacher as well as the student.
New American Standard Bible
They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
World English Bible
They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they cast lottes, charge against charge, aswel small as great, the cunning man as the scholer.
Legacy Standard Bible
They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
Berean Standard Bible
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.
Contemporary English Version
David assigned them their duties by asking the Lord what he wanted. Everyone was responsible for something, whether young or old, teacher or student.
Complete Jewish Bible
Whether great or small, teacher or talmid, they cast lots for their term of duty.
Darby Translation
And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.
Easy-to-Read Version
They threw lots to choose the different kinds of work each person was to do. Everyone was treated the same. Young and old were treated the same. And the teacher was treated the same as the student.
George Lamsa Translation
And they cast lots for their courses, as well the younger as the elder, the pupil as the teacher.
Good News Translation
To determine the assignment of duties they all drew lots, whether they were young or old, experts or beginners.
Lexham English Bible
And they cast lots for responsibilities on the principle of small and great alike, teacher with student.
Literal Translation
And they made fall lots for duty, as in the rule , as the small, so the great, the one teaching with the pupil.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they cast the lottes ouer their offyce, for the leest as for the greatest, for the master as for the scolar.
American Standard Version
And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
Bible in Basic English
And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they cast lots ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
King James Version (1611)
And they cast lots ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholler.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small of them, of the perfect ones and the learners.
English Revised Version
And they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei senten lottis bi her whiles euenli, as wel the gretter as the lesse, also a wijs man and vnwijs.
Update Bible Version
And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
New King James Version
And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.
New Living Translation
The musicians were appointed to their term of service by means of sacred lots, without regard to whether they were young or old, teacher or student.
New Life Bible
They drew names for their work, the young and old alike, also the teacher and the one who was taught.
New Revised Standard
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as the small so the great, the teacher with the learner.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together.
Revised Standard Version
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
Young's Literal Translation
And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.
THE MESSAGE
They drew names at random to see who would do what. Nobody, whether young or old, teacher or student, was given preference or advantage over another.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

Contextual Overview

8 And they cast lottes among them selues how they should waite, aswel for the small as for the great, for the scholler aswell as for the schoolemaister. 9 And the first lot in Asaph fell to Ioseph, the second to Gedaliahu with his brethren and sonnes, which men were twelue. 10 The third fell to Zacur with his sonnes and brethren, being twelue persons. 11 The fourth, to Izri with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 12 The fifth to Nathaniahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 13 The sixt to Bucciahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 14 The seuenth to Iesrarela with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 15 The eyght to Iesaiahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 16 The ninth to Mathaiahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 17 The tenth to Semei with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cast lots: 1 Chronicles 24:5, Leviticus 16:8, 1 Samuel 14:41, 1 Samuel 14:42, Proverbs 16:33, Acts 1:26

ward against ward: 1 Chronicles 24:31, 1 Chronicles 26:13, 1 Chronicles 26:16, Nehemiah 12:24

the teacher: Even among the twenty-four leaders, some were more expert than others; some were teachers, and others were scholars; but every one was taken by the solemn casting of lots, without any regard to these distinctions. Thus all things were disposed for the preserving of order, and avoiding all disputes about precedence: there being no respect had, in this divine distribution, to birth, but the younger in course preceded the elder. 1 Chronicles 15:22, 2 Chronicles 23:13

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 26:12 - wards 2 Chronicles 31:15 - as well Nehemiah 10:34 - cast Malachi 2:12 - the master and the scholar

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good olde age.
Genesis 25:7
And these are the dayes of the yeres of Abrahams lyfe which he liued, an hundred threscore and fifteene yeres.
Genesis 25:8
And then Abraham waxyng away, dyed in a lustie age, beyng an olde man, when he had liued ynough, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:9
And his sonnes Isahac and Ismael buryed hym in the double caue in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Soar the Hethite, before Mamre.
Genesis 25:17
And these are the yeres of the lyfe of Ismael, an hundred and thirtie and seuen yere: and he waxing away, dyed, and was layed vnto his people.
Genesis 25:28
Isahac loued Esau, because he dyd eate of his venison, but Rebecca loued Iacob.
Genesis 25:29
Iacob sodde pottage, and Esau came from the fielde, and was fayntie:
Genesis 35:18
Then as her soule was a departing (for she died) she called his name Benoni, but his father called hym Beniamin.
Genesis 49:29
And he charged them, and sayde vnto them: When I shalbe gathered vnto my people, bury me with my fathers in the caue that is in the field of Ephron the Hethite,
Numbers 20:24
Aaron shalbe gathered vnto his people: for he shall not come into the lande which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel, because ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of strife.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they cast lots, ward against ward,.... That is, which ward or course of the singers should answer to and attend on the first ward or course of the priests in their weekly service, and which the second, and so on:

as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar; no regard was had to the age of a person, his being the firstborn or a younger brother, or to his office and station, whether as a teacher or a learner in the science of singing; he was made the head of a course, as the lot came up; and it may easily be observed, by comparing the lots in the following verses with the sons of the chief singers, according to the order of them in 1 Chronicles 25:2 that the younger are often preferred in the courses by lot to the elder, of which even the first lot is an instance.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As well the small as the great - Compare 1 Chronicles 24:31. The lot was not applied indiscriminately to all the 24 courses, but was only used to settle which course of Asaph, which of Jeduthun, and which of Heman, should on each occasion be taken. Asaph was given the precedence over his brethren, and his four courses were assigned the first, and then each alternate place. Jeduthun took rank next, and received alternate places, first with Asaph, and then with Heman, until his courses were exhausted. After this, all the later places fell necessarily to Heman, whose courses continue without interruption from the 15th.


 
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