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1 Chronicles 25

1 Chron. 25:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andv they cast
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
lots
gowral (Hebrew #1486)
from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
KJV usage: lot.
Pronounce: go-rawl'
Origin: or (shortened) goral {go-ral'}
, ward
mishmereth (Hebrew #4931)
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party
KJV usage: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mer'-reth
Origin: fem. of 4929
against
`ummah (Hebrew #5980)
conjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with
KJV usage: (over) against, at, beside, hard by, in points.
Pronounce: oom-maw'
Origin: from 6004
ward, as well the small
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
as the great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
, the teacher
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
w as the scholar
talmiyd (Hebrew #8527)
a pupil
KJV usage: scholar.
Pronounce: tal-meed'
Origin: from 3925
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1 Chron. 24:5• 5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. (1 Chron. 24:5)
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2 Chron. 23:13• 13And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. (2 Chron. 23:13)

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Casting Lots,
Ward

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Ministry on This Verse

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cast lots.
1 Chron. 24:5• 5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. (1 Chron. 24:5)
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Lev. 16:8• 8And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat. (Lev. 16:8)
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1 Sam. 14:41‑42• 41Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
 42And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. (1 Sam. 14:41‑42)
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Prov. 16:33• 33The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. (Prov. 16:33)
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Acts 1:26• 26And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. (Acts 1:26)
ward against ward.
1 Chron. 24:31• 31These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. (1 Chron. 24:31)
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1 Chron. 26:13,16• 13And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
 16To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. (1 Chron. 26:13,16)
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Neh. 12:24• 24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. (Neh. 12:24)
the teacher.Even among the twenty-four leaders, some were more expert than others; some were teachers, and others were scholars; but every one was taken by the solemn casting of lots, without any regard to these distinctions.
Thus all things were disposed for the preserving of order, and avoiding all disputes about precedence:
there being no respect had, in this divine distribution, to birth, but the younger in course preceded the elder.
1 Chron. 15:22• 22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. (1 Chron. 15:22)
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2 Chron. 23:13• 13And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. (2 Chron. 23:13)
• Like the priests and the Levites, the singers were divided by lot, designated by God's free choice. Nothing was left to the will of man. (“The Singers: 1 Chronicles 25” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teachere with the scholar.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "expert" ("skilful." ver. 7)