1 Chronik 24:5

Lutherbibel

Er ordnete sie aber durchs Los, darum daß beide aus Eleasars und Ithamars Kindern Oberste waren im Heiligtum und Oberste vor Gott.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Und zwar teilte man sie durchs Los ein, die einen wie die andern, denn es gab sowohl unter den Söhnen Eleasars als auch unter den Söhnen Itamars"Fürsten des Heiligtums" und „Fürsten Gottes".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they divided by lot: Joshua 18:10, Proverbs 16:33, Jonah 1:7, Acts 1:26

the governors: 1 Chronicles 9:11, 2 Chronicles 35:8, Nehemiah 11:11, Matthew 26:3, Matthew 27:1, Acts 4:1, Acts 4:6, Acts 5:24

Reciprocal: Numbers 18:5 - And ye Judges 20:9 - by lot against it 1 Chronicles 24:31 - lots 1 Chronicles 25:1 - the captains 1 Chronicles 25:8 - cast lots 2 Chronicles 31:13 - Azariah Nehemiah 10:34 - cast

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another,.... Which course should serve first, and which next, and so on; and who should be the chief to each course; which course was to serve a week, and then go out; and this method was taken to prevent envy, strife, and contention about precedence:

for the governors of the sanctuary; or of the holy things, or who presided in things ecclesiastical:

and governors of the house of God: or rather "governors of God", appointed by him judges in civil things:

were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar: there were, of both families, some employed both in sacred and civil things, and who presided in each.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One sort with another - i. e., “the assignment of their order in the courses was made by lot to the families belonging to Eleazar, and to the families belonging to Ithamar, equally.” Both houses had furnished functionaries of the highest class, and therefore no preference was now given to either over the other.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 24:5. They divided by lot — This prevented jealousies: for, as all the families were equally noble, they had equal right to all ecclesiastical and civil distinctions.