What does 1 Chronicles 25:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar."
AS WELL THE SMALL AS THE GREAT - Compare 1 Chronicles 24:31. The lot was not applied indiscriminately to all the 24 courses, but was only used to settle which course of Asaph, which of Jeduthun, and w...
4. THE SINGERS AND MUSICIANS OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 25 _ 1. Sons of Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman (1 Chronicles 25:1)_ 2. Their division by Lot into twenty-four (1 Chronicles 25:8) As we have seen befor...
THE TEMPLE SINGERS AND MUSICIANS. The musicians, according to the Chronicler, also consisted of twenty-four courses. 1 Chronicles 25:1. Asaph... HEMAN. JEDUTHUN: see note on 1 Chronicles 15:17. WHO S...
CAST LOTS. See notes on the Urim and Thummim (Exodus 28:30; Numbers 26:55). WARD. charge.. word belonging to usage of Pentateuch. Compare 1 Chronicles 23:32....
The Allotment of the Courses 8. _ward against_ward] R.V. (guessing the sense rightly) FOR THEIR CHARGES (i.e. duties), ALL ALIKE. The Hebrew text however is faulty. _the teacher as the scholar_ LXX....
THEY CAST LOTS WARD AGAINST WARD— _They cast lots, according to each of their classes._ Houbigant....
LESSON TWELVE 25-26 THE APPOINTMENT OF MUSICIANS DOORKEEPERS AND STEWARDS OF THE TEMPLE TREASURY 17. THE TEMPLE SINGERS (Chapter 25) INTRODUCTION David, the sweet psalmist of Israel, showed real in...
_AND THEY CAST LOTS, WARD AGAINST WARD, AS WELL THE SMALL AS THE GREAT, THE TEACHER AS THE SCHOLAR._ They cast lots, ward against ward. "Ward" is an old English word for division or company. The lot...
25:8 teacher (e-19) Or 'expert' ('skilful.' ver. 7)...
PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE SINGERS 1. Separated to the service] RV 'separated for the service certain of the sons,' etc. JEDUTHUN] as in 1 Chronicles 16:41, this name takes the place of 'Ethan' in ot...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 25 THE *TEMPLE MUSICIANS – 1 CHRONICLES 25:1-31 V1 David and the army officers appointed some of the sons of Asap...
AND THEY CAST LOTS, WARD AGAINST WARD. — Rather, _And they cast lots of charge,_ that is, for determining the order in which each of the twenty-four guilds, or classes, should take charge of the servi...
וַ יַּפִּ֜ילוּ גֹּורָלֹ֣ות מִשְׁמֶ֗רֶת לְ עֻמַּת֙ כַּ † קָּטֹ֣ן כַּ † גָּדֹ֔ול מֵבִ֖ין עִם ־תַּלְמִֽיד
It is easy to imagine what joy the poet king would take in arranging the song service of the new Temple. Music played a very important part in his career. His musical skill had been his first introduc...
And they cast lots, (d) ward against [ward], as well the (e) small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. (d) Who should be in every company and course. (e) Without respect to age or cunning....
_Unlearned. Hebrew and Septuagint, "the scholars." (Haydock) --- After the singers had been distributed into twenty-four classes, pretty equal in number, lots decided which of then should serve first,...
The whole of what is here said of the order in which they were placed, and of the method taken to prevent jealousies arising from the natural infirmity of the human heart, may serve to teach us that i...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27. From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of everythi...
AND THEY CAST LOTS, WARD AGAINST WARD,.... That is, which ward or course of the singers should answer to and attend on the first ward or course of the priests in their weekly service, and which the se...
And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. Ver. 8. _As well the small as the great._] Heb., _Sicut parvus sicut magnus; doctor cum discipulo:...
_Ward against ward_ A course of Levites answerable to one of the priests, upon whom the Levites were to wait in their holy ministrations, 1 Chronicles 23:28. _As well the teacher as the scholar_ Witho...
1 The number & offices of the singers. 8 Their diuision by lot, into foure and twentie orders. 1 MOREOUER Dauid and the captaines of the hoste separated to the seruice of the sonnes of Asaph, and of...
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. The lot was cast over the divisions or companies to determine their arrangement according to master a...
WARD AGAINST WARD, i.e. a ward, or rank, or course of Levites answerable to one of the priests, upon whom the Levites were to wait in their holy ministrations, 1 CHRONICLES 23:28. As well the small as...
1 Chronicles 25:8 cast H5307 (H8686) lots H1486 duty H4931 H5980 small H6996 great H1419 teacher H995 (H8688) student H8527 cast lots - 1 Chronicles 24:5; Leviticus 16:8; 1 Samuel 14:41-42;...
CONTENTS: The offices of the temple singers. CHARACTERS: God, David, Asaph, Jeduthun, Heman. CONCLUSION: The glory and honor of God should be extolled in the music of the church whether vocal or ins...
1 Chronicles 25:1. _Prophesy with harps._ They sung, as well as played, in the service of the Lord, the compositions or psalms of holy men. The harp is the lyre of the Latin versions. Music in religio...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 25:1 David and the Levite leaders divided the musicians into the three family groups (see 1 Chronicles 6:31), WHO PROPHESIED WITH musical instruments. That is, they w...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter relates to the number and offices of the singers (1 Chronicles 25:1); a list of the choirs divided by lot into 24 orders (1 Chronicles 25:9). _1 Chronicles 25:1_.—_The fa...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 25:1 The families of the three chiefs in song. 1 CHRONICLES 25:1 The twenty-four courses of those who were to be engaged in the temple service as singers and musicians fill...
In chapter twenty-five. Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, those who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and...
1 Chronicles 15:22; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 24:5; 1 Chronicles 26:13; 1 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Samuel 14:41; 1 Samuel 14:42; 2 Chronicles 23:13; Acts 1:2
Ward — A course of Levites answerable to one of the priests, upon whom the Levites were to wait in their holy ministrations, 1 Chronicles 23:28. The scholar — Without any respect to their different ag...