1 Chronicles 24:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּחְלְק֥וּם בְּגוֹרָל֖וֹת אֵ֣לֶּה עִם־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּי־הָי֤וּ שָֽׂרֵי־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מִבְּנֵ֥י אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וּבִבְנֵ֥י אִיתָמָֽר׃ ס

Transliteration

way-yaḥləqûm bəgôrālôt ʾēlleh ʿim-ʾēlleh kî-hāyû śārê-qōdeš wə-śārê hāʾĕlōhîm mibbənê ʾelʿāzār û-bibnê ʾîtāmār.

Grammar Details

*way-yaḥləqûm*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and they divided them
*bəgôrālôt*: preposition + masculine plural noun - by lots
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*kî*: causal conjunction - because/for
*hāyû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they were
*śārê*: construct masculine plural - princes/officials of
*qōdeš*: masculine singular noun - holiness/sanctuary
*wə-śārê*: conjunction + construct masculine plural - and princes/officials of
*hāʾĕlōhîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the God/divine beings
*mibbənê*: preposition + construct masculine plural - from sons of
*ʾelʿāzār*: proper name, masculine singular - Eleazar
*û-bibnê*: conjunction + preposition + construct masculine plural - and among sons of
*ʾîtāmār*: proper name, masculine singular - Ithamar

Word Meanings

*bəgôrālôt*: by lots/by casting lots
*śārê*-*qōdeš*: officials of the sanctuary/holy officials/ministers of holy things
*śārê* *hāʾĕlōhîm*: officials of God/princes of God/divine officials

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 24:31 : 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.
2 Chr 35:8 : 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
Neh 11:11 : 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Jonah 1:7 : 7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Matt 26:3 : 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Matt 27:1 : 1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Acts 1:26 : 26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Acts 4:1 : 1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Acts 4:6 : 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
Acts 5:24 : 24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Josh 18:10 : 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
1 Chr 9:11 : 11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 24:1-4
4 verses
84%
1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
4And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
1 Chr 24:6-8
3 verses
83%
6And 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.
7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
1 Chr 24:30-31
2 verses
82%
30The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
31These 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 Chr 25:8-9
2 verses
76%
8And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
1 Chr 26:12-14
3 verses
75%
12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
13And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
2 Chr 31:19
72%
19Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
Num 26:55-56
2 verses
72%
55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Josh 21:10
71%
10Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
Neh 11:1
71%
1And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
1 Chr 6:54
70%
54Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
Ezra 8:24
70%
24Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Neh 10:34
70%
34And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
1 Chr 23:24
69%
24These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
1 Chr 25:27-28
2 verses
69%
27The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
28The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chr 23:6
69%
6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Josh 19:51
69%
51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
1 Chr 24:19
69%
19These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
Josh 21:4
68%
4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
Josh 21:8
68%
8And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
1 Chr 23:4
68%
4Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Num 3:32
68%
32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
Neh 11:36
68%
36And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
Neh 12:23-24
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68%
23The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
Num 4:46
68%
46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
1 Chr 6:65
68%
65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
1 Chr 25:11
68%
11The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chr 25:30
68%
30The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
Neh 11:3
68%
3Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
1 Chr 5:24
68%
24And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
Josh 18:10
67%
10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
1 Chr 26:19
67%
19These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
Josh 19:24
67%
24And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
Neh 11:16
67%
16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
1 Chr 6:48
67%
48Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
Neh 13:30
67%
30Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
Josh 14:2
67%
2By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
1 Chr 25:24
67%
24The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
Acts 1:26
67%
26And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.