Bible verse
They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
1 Chronicles 26:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Chronicles 26.
9 Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men—18 in all.
10 Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.
12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.
13 They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
14 The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.
15 The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.
16 The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.
17 Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.
KJV
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
ASV
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.
ERV
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.
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