cast lots: 1Ch 24:5, Lev 16:8, 1Sa 14:41, 1Sa 14:42, Pro 16:33, Act 1:26 ward against ward: 1Ch 24:31, 1Ch 26:13, 1Ch 26:16, Neh 12:24 the teacher: Even among the twenty-four leaders, some were more expert than others; some were teachers, and others were scholars; but every one was taken by the solemn casting of lots, without any regard to these distinctions. Thus all things were disposed for the preserving of order, and avoiding all disputes about precedence: there being no respect had, in this divine distribution, to birth, but the younger in course preceded the elder. 1Ch 15:22, 2Ch 23:13 Reciprocal: 1Ch 26:12 - wards 2Ch 31:15 - as well Neh 10:34 - cast Mal 2:12 - the master and the scholar