1 Chronicles 26:13
Strong's Lexicon
They cast
וַיַּפִּ֨ילוּ (way·yap·pî·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5307: 1) to fall, lie, be cast down, fail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself 1d) (Pilel) to fall

lots
גוֹרָל֜וֹת (ḡō·w·rā·lō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1486: 1) lot 1a) lot-pebbles used for systematically making decisions 2) portion 2a) lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots) 2b) recompense, retribution

for each gate,
לְשַׁ֥עַר (lə·ša·‘ar)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8179: 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1b1) city, town 1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) 1d) heaven

וָשָֽׁעַר׃ (wā·šā·‘ar)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8179: 1) gate 1a) gate (of entrance) 1b) gate (of space inside gate, i.e. marketplace, public meeting place) 1b1) city, town 1c) gate (of palace, royal castle, temple, court of tabernacle) 1d) heaven

according to their families
אֲבוֹתָ֖ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

לְבֵ֥ית (lə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

young
כַּקָּטֹ֧ן (kaq·qā·ṭōn)
Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6996: 1) young, small, insignificant, unimportant 1a) small 1b) insignificant 1c) young 1d) unimportant

and old alike.
כַּגָּד֛וֹל (kag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Preposition-k, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: adj 1) great 1a) large (in magnitude and extent) 1b) in number 1c) in intensity 1d) loud (in sound) 1e) older (in age) 1f) in importance 1f1) important things 1f2) great, distinguished (of men) 1f3) God Himself (of God) subst 1g) great things 1h) haughty things 1i) greatness n pr m 1j) (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

Young's Literal Translation
and they cause to fall lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They cast lots for each gate according to their ancestral houses, young and old alike .

New American Standard Bible
They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers' households, for every gate.

King James Bible
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Lots were cast for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

New Living Translation
They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates, without regard to age or training, for it was all decided by means of sacred lots.

English Standard Version
And they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates.

New American Standard Bible
They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers' households, for every gate.

King James Bible
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They cast lots for each gate according to their ancestral houses, young and old alike.

International Standard Version
assigned by lottery according to their ancestral households, whether large or small alike, for their gate assignments.

NET Bible
They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for.

American Standard Version
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers houses, for every gate.

English Revised Version
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

Young's Literal Translation
and they cause to fall lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate.
















Cross References
1 Chronicles 24:5
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.

1 Chronicles 24:31
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.

1 Chronicles 25:8
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

1 Chronicles 26:12
Among 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.

1 Chronicles 26:14
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

1 Chronicles 26:11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

1 Chronicles 26:10
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)

1 Chronicles 26:15
To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

1 Chronicles 26:16
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
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