7 So the number of them [who led the remainder of the 4,000], with their kinsmen who were specially trained in songs for the Lord, all who were talented singers, was 288. [I Chron. 23:5.]
8 [The musicians] cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and scholar alike.
9 The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him, his brethren and his sons, twelve;
10 The third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
11 The fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
12 The fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
13 The sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;