1 Chronicles 25:7-9

New English Translation

⁷They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered 288.^[a]

⁸They cast lots to determine their responsibilities—oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.^[b]

⁹The first lot went to Asaph’s son Joseph and his relatives and sons—twelve in all,^[c]

the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons—twelve in all,

1 Chronicles 25:7 tn Heb “and their number with their brothers, trained in music to the Lord, all skilled, was 288.”
1 Chronicles 25:8 tn Heb “and they cast lots [for] service, just as like small, like great, teacher with student.”
1 Chronicles 25:9 tc Heb “The first lot went to Asaph, to Joseph.” Apparently the recurring formula, “and his sons and his relatives, twelve” has been accidentally omitted from the Hebrew text at this point (see vv. 10-31; the formula is slightly different in v. 9b). If the number “twelve” is not supplied here, the total comes to only 276, not the 288 required by v. 7.

New English Translation (NET)