So was their number with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even of all that were cunning, two hundred fourscore and eight.

And they cast lots, [a]charge against charge, as well [b]small as great, the cunning man as the scholar.

And the first lot fell to [c]Joseph, which was of Asaph, the second, to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and his sons were twelve.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 25:8 Who should be in every company and course.
  2. 1 Chronicles 25:8 Without respect to age or cunning.
  3. 1 Chronicles 25:9 So that he served in the first turn, and the rest everyone as his turn followed orderly.

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