They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
Nehemiah 10:34 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We also cast lots–the priests, the Levites, and the people–for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at appointed times year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law. American Standard Version (1901) And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law; Common English Bible We have also cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people so that we bring the wood offering into our God’s house by families at the appointed times every year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Instruction. Catholic Public Domain Version Then we cast lots concerning the oblation of the wood among the priests, and the Levites, and the people, so that it would be carried into the house of our God, by the households of our fathers, at set times, from the times of one year to another, so that they might burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, just as it was written in the law of Moses, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we cast lots among the priests, and the Levites, and the people for the offering of wood, that it might be brought into the house of our God by the houses of our fathers at set times, from year to year: to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law of Moses. |
They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
Then Solomon sent word to King Hiram , of Tyre: Do for me what you did for my father David. You sent him cedars to build him a house to live in.
After that, they offered the regular burnt offering and the offerings for the beginning of each month , and for all the Lord’s appointed holy occasions, as well as the freewill offerings brought to the Lord.
Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.
I also arranged for the donation of wood at the appointed times and for the firstfruits. Remember me, my God, with favour.
Lebanon’s cedars are not enough for fuel, or its animals enough for a burnt offering.
‘Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; each loaf is to be made with four litres.
Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord.
‘Command the Israelites and say to them: Be sure to present to me at its appointed time my offering and my food as my food offering, a pleasing aroma to me.
Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias and he was added to the eleven apostles.
On that day he made them woodcutters and water-carriers #– #as they are today #– #for the community and for the Lord’s altar at the place he would choose.