1Ch 25:8, 26:12, Neh 12:24 | TSK | STEP | cast lots. ward against ward. 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 Chronicles 25:8

cast lots.

24:5; Le 16:8; 1Sa 14:41,42; Pr 16:33; Ac 1:26

ward against ward.

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.

15:22; 2Ch 23:13

1 Chronicles 26:12

wards.That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a class or division: we still apply the term to the different apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts into which the city of London is divided.

25:8

Nehemiah 12:24

Hashabiah.

8; 8:7; 9:4; 10:9-13

according.

1Ch 23:1-32; 25:1-26:32

the man.

De 33:1; Jos 14:6; 1Ki 17:24; 2Ch 8:14; 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 3:17

ward.

9; Ezr 3:10,11