They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
KJV
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
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And they cast lots,.... To determine at which gate each should stand, who at this gate, and who at the other, &c.
as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate; meaning, not little ones and grown persons in a family, but the smaller and poorer families, and the larger and richer ones, had their places assigned them at the several gates, as the lot directed; they did not go according to the dignity and precedence of their families, but according to lot.
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