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
Both groups were divided impartially by drawing lots so that there were officers for the holy place and officers for God among both Eleazar's and Ithamar's descendants.
Leviticus 16:8
I will show Aaron which goat will be sacrificed to me and which one will be sent into the desert to the demon Azazel.
1 Samuel 14:41
Saul said to Jehovah the God of Israel, give a perfect lot. Jonathan and Samuel were taken, but the people escaped.
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap. But every decision is from Jehovah.
Acts 1:26
They cast lots for them and the lot fell on Matthias. So he was included with the eleven apostles.
Ward against ward
1 Chronicles 24:31
They drew lots as their relatives, Aaron's descendants, had done. They drew them in front of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the leaders of the families of the priests and Levites. The families of the oldest brother were treated the same way as those of the youngest.
1 Chronicles 26:13
Lots were cast for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
Nehemiah 12:24
The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.
The teacher
2 Chronicles 23:13
She saw the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance. The captains and the trumpeters were beside the king. All the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. The singers with their musical instruments lead the praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and said: This is treason! Treason!