1 Chronicles 25:9
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brothers and sons were twelve:
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cast lots

1 Chronicles 24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God...

Leviticus 16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

1 Samuel 14:41,42 Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped...

Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

Acts 1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

ward against ward

1 Chronicles 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech...

1 Chronicles 26:13,16 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate...

Nehemiah 12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them...

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 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

2 Chronicles 23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king...



Context
Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians

1Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: 2Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. 3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. 4Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 5All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. 7So the number of them, with their brothers that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 8And they cast lots, ward against ward, 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, who with his brothers and sons were twelve: 10The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 11The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 12The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 13The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 14The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 15The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 16The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 17The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 18The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 19The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 20The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 21The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 22The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 23The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 24The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 25The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 26The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 27The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 28The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 29The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 30The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: 31The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:


Douay-Rheims Bible
And the first lot came forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph. The second to Godolias, to him and his sons, and his brethren twelve.


Darby Bible Translation
And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.


King James Bible
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:


Young's Literal Translation
And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve;


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