American Standard Version
1 Chronicles 25:8
8And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
1 Chronicles 25:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
- New International Version (NIV)Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.
Context of 1 Chronicles 25:8
6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king. 7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight. And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. 9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve: 10the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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וַיַּפִּ֜ילוּ גּוֹרָל֣וֹת מִשְׁמֶ֗רֶת לְעֻמַּת֙ כַּקָּטֹ֣ן כַּגָּד֔וֹל מֵבִ֖ין עִם־תַּלְמִֽיד׃ פRead the interlinear
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 25:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8As 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Like the priests, the families of musicians were chosen by sacred lots to ensure fairness (see 1 Chronicles 24:5, 31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. they cast lots, ward against ward--"Ward" is an old English word for "division" or "company." The lot was cast to determine the precedence of the classes or divisions over which the musical leaders presided; and, in order to secure an impartial arrangement of their order, the master and his assistants, the teacher and his scholars, in each class or company took part in this solemn casting of lots. In the first catalogue given in this chapter the…Read the comment
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- Tyndale Open Study Notes
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- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
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