Christmas Eve
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1 Chronicles 25:8
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They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
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.
They cast lots to determine their responsibilities—oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.
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.
They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
And they cast lottes, charge against charge, aswel small as great, the cunning man as the scholer.
They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.
David assigned them their duties by asking the Lord what he wanted. Everyone was responsible for something, whether young or old, teacher or student.
Whether great or small, teacher or talmid, they cast lots for their term of duty.
And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.
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.
And they cast lots for their courses, as well the younger as the elder, the pupil as the teacher.
To determine the assignment of duties they all drew lots, whether they were young or old, experts or beginners.
And they cast lots for responsibilities on the principle of small and great alike, teacher with student.
And they made fall lots for duty, as in the rule , as the small, so the great, the one teaching with the pupil.
And they cast the lottes ouer their offyce, for the leest as for the greatest, for the master as for the scolar.
And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.
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.
And they cast lots ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
And they cast lots ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholler.
And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small of them, of the perfect ones and the learners.
And they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
And thei senten lottis bi her whiles euenli, as wel the gretter as the lesse, also a wijs man and vnwijs.
And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.
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.
They drew names for their work, the young and old alike, also the teacher and the one who was taught.
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
So they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as the small so the great, the teacher with the learner.
And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together.
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.
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.
They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
Contextual Overview
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
But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
This is the length of Abraham’s life: 175 years.
He took his last breath and died at a good old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hethite.
This is the length of Ishmael’s life: 137 years. He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people.
Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for wild game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted.
With her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
Then he commanded them: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hethite.
“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land I have given the Israelites, because you both rebelled against my command at the Waters of Meribah.
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.
