These also cast lots corresponding to their kindred, the descendants of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites, the chief as well as the youngest brother.
1 Chronicles 26:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 and they cast lots by ancestral houses, small and great alike, for their gates. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they cast lots by fathers' houses, small and great alike, for every gate. American Standard Version (1901) And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate. Common English Bible They cast lots for each gate in the same way, whether their household was small or large. Catholic Public Domain Version Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families for every one of the gates. |
These also cast lots corresponding to their kindred, the descendants of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites, the chief as well as the youngest brother.
They organized them by lot, all alike, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had duties, just as their kindred did, ministering in the house of the Lord,
The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a prudent counselor, and his lot came out for the north.