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So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundredfourscore and eight.
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And they castlots,wardagainst ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
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Now the firstlot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve*:
10
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve*:
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The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve*:
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The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve*:
13
The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve*:
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The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve*:
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The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve*:
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The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve*:
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The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve*:
This chapter relates the appointment of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, to be singers in the temple, 1Ch 25:1-7 the distribution of them by lot into twenty four classes, twelve in each class, 1Ch 25:8-31.