1st Chronicles Chapter 25 verse 8 Holy Bible
And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
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And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.
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And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar.
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And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
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And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
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They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
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And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against `charge', as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - This verse should be translated, And they cast lots of attendance, small and great equally, teacher with scholar. The Septuagint translates גורָלות מִשִׁמֶרֶת by the words κλήρους ἐφημεριῶν.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) And they cast lots, ward against ward.--Rather, And they cast lots of charge, 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., ??????? ?????????, "lots of courses;" and see Luke 1:6.) Some Hebrew MSS. and the Targum repeat the word "ward" (mishmereth, "charge"), whence the reading of the Authorised Version. The ancient versions omit the word altogether.As well the small as the great.--Heb., exactly as the small (or, the younger), so the great (or, the elder). (Comp. the Vulg., "ex aequo tam major quam minor.") But perhaps leummath is here used absolutely: "They cast lots in like manner" (1Chronicles 24:31). The senior houses, or guilds, had no advantage over the juniors, the order of rotation being decided by lot. (Comp. 1Chronicles 24:31.)The teacher as the scholar.--Literally, cunning (1Chronicles 25:7) with learner. According to 1Chronicles 23:5, 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 talmid (scholar) occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament. It is the term used of the disciples of the Rabbis in the Talmud, and is the exact equivalent of the New Testament word, ???????. . . .
