Chronicles I 26:13

13 And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families.

Chronicles I 26:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 26:13

And they cast lots
To determine at which gate each should stand, who at this gate, and who at the other

as well the small as the great, according to the house of their
fathers, for every gate;
meaning, not little ones and grown persons in a family, but the smaller and poorer families, and the larger and richer ones, had their places assigned them at the several gates, as the lot directed; they did not go according to the dignity and precedence of their families, but according to lot.

Chronicles I 26:13 In-Context

11 Chelcias the second, Tablai the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons and brethren of Osa, thirteen.

12 To these the divisions of the gates, to the chiefs of the mighty men the daily courses, even their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.

13 And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families.

14 And the lot of the east gates fell to Selemias, and Zacharias: the sons of Soaz cast lots for Melchias, and the lot came out northward.

15 To Abdedom the south, opposite the house of Esephim.