Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
Ward against ward
The teacher
Bible References
Cast lots
1 Chronicles 24:5
They were chosen by impartial lottery, since there were trustees of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar's descendants and among Ithamar's descendants.
Leviticus 16:8
Aaron is to cast lots over the two male goats one lot for the LORD and the other one for the scapegoat.
1 Samuel 14:41
Then Saul told the LORD God of Israel, "Judge us properly." Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the army was cleared.
Proverbs 16:33
The dice is cast into someone's lap, but the outcome is from the LORD.
Acts 1:26
So they drew lots for them, and when the lot fell on Matthias, he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.
Ward against ward
1 Chronicles 24:31
These individuals also cast lots corresponding to their relatives, Aaron's descendants, in the presence of King David, Zadok, and Ahimelech, and in the presence of the heads of the ancestral households of the priests and of the descendants of Levi, and the eldest was treated as impartially as was the younger brother.
1 Chronicles 26:13
assigned by lottery according to their ancestral households, whether large or small alike, for their gate assignments.
Nehemiah 12:24
The leaders of the descendants of Levi were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Kadmiel's son Jeshua, along with their associates who served opposite them to give praise and thanks, division by division, according to the commands given by David the man of God.
The teacher
2 Chronicles 23:13
She looked around, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the gate, accompanied by officers and trumpeters who stood beside the king, along with all the people of the land rejoicing and sounding trumpets while singers lead the celebration with their musical instruments. Athaliah tore her robes and yelled "Treason! Treason!"