1 Chronicles 24:31
These 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.
1 Chronicles 24:31 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | These likewise cast lots even as their brothers 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 fathers’ households of the chief even as those of his younger brother. |
| ASV | These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother. |
| YLT | and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother. |
| DARBY | These likewise cast lots just as their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites, — the chief fathers just as the youngest of their brethren. |
| BBE | Selection was made of these in the same way as of their brothers the sons of Aaron, David the king being present, with Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites; the families of the chief in the same way as those of his younger brother. |
| Webster | These 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. |
What does 1 Chronicles 24:31 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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1 Chronicles 24:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 24:31
- 1 Chronicles 24:5-6
Thus 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. And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 26:13
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
- 1 Chronicles 25:8
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
- Numbers 26:56
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
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5,6; Nu 26:56
even the principal.The whole company being ranged according to their families, with the proper number of divisions, the order of their courses was assigned them by lot, without respect to rank or seniority.
25:8; 26:13
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 24:30
The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
- 1 Chronicles 24:31
These 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.
1 Chronicles 24:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estos también echaron suertes, como sus hermanos los hijos de Aarón, delante del rey David, y de Sadoc y de Ahimelech, y de los príncipes de las familias de los sacerdotes y Levitas: el principal de los padres igualmente que el menor de sus hermanos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et eux aussi, comme leurs frères, les fils d’Aaron, tirèrent au sort devant le roi David, et Tsadok, et Akhimélec, et les chefs des pères des sacrificateurs et des Lévites, les chefs des pères comme le plus petit d’entre leurs frères. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und auch sie warfen Lose wie ihre Brüder, die Söhne Aarons, in Gegenwart des Königs David und Zadoks und Ahimelechs und der Häupter der Väter der Priester und der Leviten, das Haupt der Väter wie sein geringster Bruder. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Miseruntque et ipsi sortes contra fratres suos filios Aaron coram David rege, et Sadoc, et Ahimelech, et principibus familiarum sacerdotalium et Leviticarum, tam majores quam minores: omnes sors æqualiter dividebat. |