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1 Chronicles 26:13

1 Chronicles 26:13 is verse 13 of 1 Chronicles chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

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King James Version

And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

World English Bible

They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.

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1 Chronicles 26:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Chronicles 24:31

As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

1 Chronicles 25:8

They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

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