King James Version (KJV)
1 Chronicles 25:8
“And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 25
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All 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.
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So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, [even] all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
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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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Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons [were] twelve:
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The third to Zaccur, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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