Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
These 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.
Even the principal
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Bible References
Lots
1 Chronicles 24:5
And they put them in order by lot, one with another that there should be rulers in the sanctuary and lords before God as well of the sons of Ithamar as of the sons of Eleazar.
Numbers 26:56
and according to their lot thou shalt divide their land, both to the many and to the few."
Even the principal
1 Chronicles 25:8
And they cast Lots indifferently how they should wait: the small as well as the great, the scholar as well as the schoolmaster.
1 Chronicles 26:13
And they cast lots: the small as well as the great in the households of their fathers, from gate to gate.
General references
Proverbs 18:18
The lot pacifieth the variance, and parteth the mighty asunder.