A moment in scripture
1 Chronicles 25:9
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Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Chronicles 25:7
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
- 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 25:10
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:11
The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.