1 Chronicles 25:8
“And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.”
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.
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.
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
Related Verses
“And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.”
“Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.”
“To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.”
“The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,”
“Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;”