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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 26:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 26:13 |
Strong Concordance |
And they cast [05307] lots [01486], as well the small [06996] as the great [01419], according to the house [01004] of their fathers [01], for every gate [08179]. |
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King James |
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE GATES ASSIGNED BY LOT. (Ch1 26:13-19)
they cast lots--Their departments of duty, such as the gates they should attend to, were allotted in the same manner as those of the other Levitical bodies, and the names of the chiefs or captains are given, with the respective gates assigned them. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Cast lots - Determining the times and places of their service not by age or dignity, but merely by lot. Every gate - That it might be known to whom the care of each gate was more especially committed. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They cast lots - for every gate - None of these captains or their companies were permitted to choose which gate they would guard, but each took his appointment by lot. |
13 And they cast [05307] lots [01486], as well the small [06996] as the great [01419], according to the house [01004] of their fathers [01], for every gate [08179].
14 And the lot [01486] eastward [04217] fell [05307] to Shelemiah [08018]. Then for Zechariah [02148] his son [01121], a wise [07922] counsellor [03289], they cast [05307] lots [01486]; and his lot [01486] came out [03318] northward [06828].
15 To Obededom [05654] southward [05045]; and to his sons [01121] the house [01004] of Asuppim [0624].
16 To Shuppim [08206] and Hosah [02621] the lot came forth westward [04628], with the gate [08179] Shallecheth [07996], by the causeway [04546] of the going up [05927], ward [04929] against [05980] ward [04929].
17 Eastward [04217] were six [08337] Levites [03881], northward [06828] four [0702] a day [03117], southward [05045] four [0702] a day [03117], and toward Asuppim [0624] two [08147] and two [08147].
18 At Parbar [06503] westward [04628], four [0702] at the causeway [04546], and two [08147] at Parbar [06503].
19 These are the divisions [04256] of the porters [07778] among the sons [01121] of Kore [07145], and among the sons [01121] of Merari [04847].