6. All these, under their father's hand, were distributed in order to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, in the ministry of the house of the Lord beside the king, specifically, Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
7. Now the number of these, with their brothers, who were instructing in the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred eighty-eight.
8. And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned.
9. And the first lot went forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph; the second went forth to Gedaliah, to him and his sons and his brothers, twelve.
10. The third went to Zaccur, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
11. The fourth went to Izri, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
12. The fifth went to Nethaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
13. The sixth went to Bukkiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
14. The seventh went to Jesharelah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
15. The eighth went to Jeshaiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.