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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/25.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/25.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots for their duties.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/25.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they cast lots, ward against <i>ward</i>, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher <i>as well</i> as the pupil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher <i>as well</i> as the pupil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They cast lots for their responsibilities, <i>each</i> alongside <i>the other</i>, the small as well as the great, the teacher <i>as well</i> as the pupil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The musicians cast lots for their duties, everyone alike, the small (younger) as well as the great (older), the teacher <i>as well</i> as the student.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />David assigned them their duties by asking the LORD what he wanted. Everyone was responsible for something, whether young or old, teacher or student. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They drew lots for their assignment of duties, the youngest as well as the oldest, the skilled [musicians] along with the students.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />To determine the assignment of duties they all drew lots, whether they were young or old, experts or beginners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Their duties, whether significant or insignificant, whether performed by teacher or pupil alike, were assigned by lottery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They cast lots to determine their responsibilities--oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And they cast lots, watch with watch, the small as the great, the teacher as the pupil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they cause lots to fall, charge next to [charge], the small as well as the great, the intelligent with the learner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against charge, as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will cast lots from the watches near, as the small so the great, he understanding with him taught.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They cast lots for their functions equally, young and old, master and pupil alike.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they cast lots for their courses, as well the younger as the elder, the pupil as the teacher.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The younger like the elder was considered, the pupil like the Teacher.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they cast lots ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small <i>of them</i>, of the perfect ones and the learners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=6979" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: way·yap·pî·lū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">They cast</a> <a href="/hebrew/1486.htm" title="1486: gō·w·rā·lō·wṯ (N-mpc) -- Or goral; from an unused root meaning to be rough; properly, a pebble, i.e. A lot; figuratively, a portion or destiny.">lots</a> <a href="/hebrew/4931.htm" title="4931: miš·me·reṯ (N-fs) -- Fem. Of mishmar; watch, i.e. The act, or The sentry, the post; obj. Preservation, or Safe; fig. Observance, i.e. Duty or A usage or party.">for their duties,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5980.htm" title="5980: lə·‘um·maṯ (Prep-l) -- Close by, side by side with. From amam; conjunction, i.e. Society; mostly adverb or preposition, near, beside, along with."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6996.htm" title="6996: kaq·qā·ṭōn (Prep-k, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Small, young, unimportant. Or qaton; from quwt; abbreviated, i.e. Diminutive, literally or figuratively.">young</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: kag·gā·ḏō·wl (Prep-k, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">and old alike,</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: mê·ḇîn (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">teacher</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/8527.htm" title="8527: tal·mîḏ (N-ms) -- A scholar. From lamad; a pupil.">well as pupil.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-18.htm">1 Samuel 16:18</a></span><br />One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25-30</a></span><br />Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">1 Chronicles 23:5</a></span><br />4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">1 Chronicles 6:31-32</a></span><br />These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. / They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12-13</a></span><br />all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16-22</a></span><br />David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals. / So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah; / and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-21.htm">2 Chronicles 20:21-22</a></span><br />Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.” / The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4-6</a></span><br />David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. / Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals / and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">1 Chronicles 9:33</a></span><br />Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-15.htm">2 Chronicles 35:15</a></span><br />The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19</a></span><br />Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a></span><br />Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-2.htm">Psalm 33:2-3</a></span><br />Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. / Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/150-3.htm">Psalm 150:3-5</a></span><br />Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. / Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. / Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-1.htm">Psalm 92:1-3</a></span><br />A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, / to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night / with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">1 Chronicles 23:5</a></b></br> Moreover four thousand <i>were</i> porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, <i>said David</i>, to praise <i>therewith</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/24-5.htm">Alike</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-31.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Chances</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-32.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-3.htm">Duties</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-14.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-14.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-7.htm">Intelligent</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-5.htm">Lots</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-19.htm">Offices</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-14.htm">Over-Against</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Pupil</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm">Scholar</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-54.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-11.htm">Small</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-26.htm">Special</a> <a href="/luke/6-40.htm">Student</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-28.htm">Teacher</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-29.htm">Ward</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">Work</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-5.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">Alike</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/31-15.htm">Chances</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-16.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">Duties</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-14.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-2.htm">Intelligent</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">Lots</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-12.htm">Offices</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-16.htm">Over-Against</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-2.htm">Pupil</a> <a href="/malachi/2-12.htm">Scholar</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-5.htm">Selection</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">Small</a> <a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Special</a> <a href="/matthew/10-24.htm">Student</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-3.htm">Teacher</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-16.htm">Ward</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-8.htm">Work</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">The number and offices of the singers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">Their division by lot into twenty-four orders</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>They cast lots for their duties</b><br>Casting lots was a common biblical practice used to discern God's will or make decisions impartially. It is seen throughout the Old Testament, such as in the division of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel (<a href="/joshua/18-10.htm">Joshua 18:10</a>) and the selection of Saul as king (<a href="/1_samuel/10-20.htm">1 Samuel 10:20-21</a>). In this context, casting lots ensured that the distribution of duties among the musicians was fair and divinely guided, reflecting a trust in God's sovereignty over the roles assigned. This practice underscores the belief that God is involved in the details of worship and service.<p><b>young and old alike</b><br>This phrase highlights the inclusivity and equality in the service of the temple. Both the young and the old were given responsibilities, indicating that age was not a barrier to serving God. This reflects the biblical principle that God values the contributions of all His people, regardless of age. It also suggests a mentoring relationship, where the older, more experienced individuals could guide and support the younger ones, fostering a community of learning and growth.<p><b>teacher as well as pupil</b><br>The mention of both teacher and pupil emphasizes the importance of education and discipleship in the service of God. It suggests a structured system where knowledge and skills were passed down from one generation to the next. This mirrors the biblical model of discipleship seen in the relationship between Paul and Timothy (<a href="/2_timothy/2-2.htm">2 Timothy 2:2</a>) and Jesus and His disciples. It also points to the value of humility and the willingness to learn, as even teachers were subject to the same process of selection and service as their pupils.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The king of Israel who organized the Levitical musicians into divisions for temple service.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph,_heman,_and_jeduthun.htm">Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun</a></b><br>Leaders of the musical families appointed by David to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a></b><br>Members of the tribe of Levi, specifically chosen for religious duties, including music in the temple.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/casting_lots.htm">Casting Lots</a></b><br>A method used in ancient Israel to make decisions, believed to reflect God's will.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_service.htm">Temple Service</a></b><br>The organized worship and rituals conducted in the temple, including music as a form of prophecy and worship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_order_in_worship.htm">Divine Order in Worship</a></b><br>The casting of lots for musical duties underscores the importance of divine order and guidance in worship practices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_in_service.htm">Inclusivity in Service</a></b><br>The inclusion of both young and old, teacher and pupil, highlights the value of all ages and stages in serving God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_music_in_worship.htm">Role of Music in Worship</a></b><br>Music is not just an art form but a prophetic and spiritual act that can convey God's message and inspire worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/mentorship_and_growth.htm">Mentorship and Growth</a></b><br>The pairing of teachers and pupils in service emphasizes the importance of mentorship and the growth of spiritual gifts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The use of lots reflects a trust in God's sovereignty over decisions, encouraging believers to seek His will in all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_1_chr_25_with_no_sources.htm">How do we reconcile 1 Chronicles 25's detailed temple music organization with the lack of corroborating external sources?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_levites_in_2_chr_23_8.htm">What evidence supports the existence of the Levites and captains mentioned in 2 Chronicles 23:8, and how do we reconcile any lack of external records?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_1_chronicles_8_29-40_genealogy_verified.htm">In 1 Chronicles 8:29-40, do the numerous names and generations have any external corroboration, or could this genealogy have been constructed later to support certain tribal claims?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/1_chron_18_4_vs_2_sam_8_4__7,000_or_1,700.htm">In 1 Chronicles 18:4, how do we reconcile the figure of 7,000 horsemen with 2 Samuel 8:4, which mentions 1,700 instead?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">And they cast lots, ward against ward.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">And they cast lots of charge,</span> that is, for determining the order in which each of the twenty-four guilds, or classes, should take charge of the services. (Comp, the LXX., <span class= "greekheb">??????? ?????????</span><span class= "ital">,</span> "lots of courses;" and see <a href="/luke/1-6.htm" title="And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.">Luke 1:6</a>.) Some Hebrew MSS. and the Targum repeat the word "ward" (<span class= "ital">mishmereth, </span>"charge"), whence the reading of the Authorised Version. The ancient versions omit the word altogether.<p><span class= "bld">As well the small as the great.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">exactly as the small</span> (or, <span class= "ital">the younger</span>)<span class= "ital">, so the great</span> (or, <span class= "ital">the elder</span>)<span class= "ital">.</span> (Comp. the Vulg., "ex aequo tam major quam minor.") But perhaps <span class= "ital">leummath</span> is here used absolutely: "They cast lots in like manner" (<a href="/1_chronicles/24-31.htm" title="These likewise cast lots over against their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brothers.">1Chronicles 24:31</a>). The senior houses, or guilds, had no advantage over the juniors, the order of rotation being decided by lot. (Comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/24-31.htm" title="These likewise cast lots over against their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brothers.">1Chronicles 24:31</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">The teacher as the scholar.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">cunning</span> (<a href="/1_chronicles/25-7.htm" title="So 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.">1Chronicles 25:7</a>) <span class= "ital">with learner.</span> According to <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm" title="Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.">1Chronicles 23:5</a>, the whole number of Levites appointed for the service of song was 4,000. These were all included in the twenty-four classes, 288 of them being "cunning" men, that is, masters in their art, and the remaining 3,712 forming the rank and file of the choirs under the training of the proficients. The Aramaic word <span class= "ital">talmid</span> (scholar) occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament. It is the term used of the <span class= "ital">disciples</span> of the Rabbis in the Talmud, and is the exact equivalent of the New Testament word, <span class= "greekheb">???????</span><span class= "ital">.</span> . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - This verse should be translated, <span class="cmt_word">And they cast lots of attendance, small and great equally, teacher with scholar</span>. The Septuagint translates <span class="hebrew">גורָלות מִשִׁמֶרֶת</span> by the words <span class="greek">κλήρους ἐφημεριῶν</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They cast</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּפִּ֜ילוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yap·pî·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lots</span><br /><span class="heb">גּוֹרָל֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w·rā·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1486.htm">Strong's 1486: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lot -- a lot (for casting)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for their duties,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁמֶ֗רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(miš·me·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4931.htm">Strong's 4931: </a> </span><span class="str2">A guard, watch, charge, function</span><br /><br /><span class="word">young</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּקָּטֹ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(kaq·qā·ṭōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6996.htm">Strong's 6996: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small, young, unimportant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and old alike,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּגָּד֔וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(kag·gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">teacher</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵבִ֖ין</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḇîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">well as pupil.</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּלְמִֽיד׃</span> <span class="translit">(tal·mîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8527.htm">Strong's 8527: </a> </span><span class="str2">A scholar</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 25:8 They cast lots for their offices all (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 25:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 25:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 25:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 25:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>