And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
The temple musicians were set in order by casting lots, one division matched against another, so that turns of service were assigned rather than seized or left to chance preference. The lot embraced everyone alike, the small together with the great and the instructor together with the learner, with no rank or experience excluded from the arrangement. This ordering belonged to a larger careful distribution of work in which duties were apportioned to persons fitted and prepared for them. Each musician thus received a definite part suited to training and ability, to be carried out faithfully in its appointed place.
The temple musicians were set in order by casting lots, one division matched against another, so that turns of service were assigned rather than seized or left to chance preference. The lot embraced everyone alike, the small together with the great and the instructor together with the learner, with no rank or experience excluded from the arrangement. This ordering belonged to a larger careful distribution of work in which duties were apportioned to persons fitted and prepared for them. Each musician thus received a definite part suited to training and ability, to be carried out faithfully in its appointed place.