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But to return to our Task: As the Priests shared the services among themselves by Lot: so the Levites likewise, as well those that were ^rSingers, as those that were ^sPorters, decided by Lot, what order of course should be observed in their musical and ministerial employment by the one, and which gates of the Temple should be waited at and attended by the other. Among whom also those that were to wait in the same place, being many in number, ^tare reported likewise to have taken their turns by Lot, as well for the ^unightly watch, as for the daily ward. The ^*Offices themselves were, it seemeth, distributed, who should be Singers, who Porters, &c. by David, Nathan, and Gad, with other principal ⟨p. 41⟩persons assisting them, having warrant so to do from God: ^xonly the order and course of their employment in those offices was divided unto them, or decided and determined among themselves upon joint consent and general agreement, by Lot.

But to returne to our Taske: As the Preists shared the seruices among themselues by Lot: so the Leuites likewise, as well those that were ^rSingers, as those that were ^sPorters, decided by Lot, what order of course should be obserued in their musicall and ministeriall imployment by the one, and which gates of the Temple should be waited at and attended by the other. Among whom also those that were to wait in the same place, being many in number, ^tare reported likewise to haue taken their turns by Lot, as well for the