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 Thus they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, both from the descendants of Eleazar and the descendants of Ithamar.
Leviticus 16:8
Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat.
1 Samuel 14:41
Therefore, Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, “Give a perfect lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap,
But its everydecision is from the Lord.
But its every
Acts 1:26
And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.
Ward against ward
1 Chronicles 24:31 These also cast lots just as their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of fathers’ households as well as those of his younger brother.
1 Chronicles 26:13 They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.
Nehemiah 12:24
The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks, as prescribed by David the man of God, division corresponding to division.
The teacher
2 Chronicles 23:13
She looked, and behold, the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters were beside the king. And all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets, the singers with their musical instruments leading the praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and said, “Treason! Treason!”