What does 1 Chronicles 26:13 mean?

1 Chronicles 26:13 highlights themes such as decision-making, community, leadership when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Chronicles 26:13 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

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

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.

15To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

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