KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Chronicles 25:8–9
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1 Chronicles 25:8
8¶ And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
8¶ And they cast lots ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholler.
1 Chronicles 25:9
9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
9Now the first lot came foorth for Asaph to Ioseph, the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sonnes were twelue:
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 25:8
To throw, send forth, place, reckon, or discard, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Objects or methods used to decide allotments; the portions, shares, fates, or decisions so assigned; as a verb, allots.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
A guard, watch, or place of custody; in forms such as God-ward or us-ward, toward or in the direction of.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
One who teaches or instructs another.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A learner, pupil, or one taught by a master or teacher.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 25:9
Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An object or method used to decide an allotment; the portion, share, fate, or decision so assigned; as a verb, to allot.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study13¶ And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
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Open the full verse study33The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
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Open the full verse study31These 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.
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Open the full verse study5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
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Open the full verse study16To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
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Open the full verse study41Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
42And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
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Open the full verse study13And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
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Open the full verse study26And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
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Open the full verse study8And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
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Open the full verse study24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
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