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title: "1 Chronicles 25 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate"
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description: "The number and divisions of the musicians. 1 Chronicles 25 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# 1 Chronicles 25

1 Chronicles 25 is chapter 25 of 29 in the First Book of Chronicles. Here are all 31 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The number and divisions of the musicians.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 1 Chronicles 25 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office.
2. From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, prophesying beside the king.
3. Then of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who was prophesying with stringed instruments, while confessing and praising the Lord.
4. Also, of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, and Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
5. All these were the sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the words of God, in order to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
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.
16. The ninth went to Mattaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
17. The tenth went to Shimei, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
18. The eleventh went to Azarel, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
19. The twelfth went to Hashabiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
20. The thirteenth went to Shubael, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
21. The fourteenth went to Mattithiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
22. The fifteenth went to Jeremoth, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
23. The sixteenth went to Hananiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
24. The seventeenth went to Joshbekashah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
25. The eighteenth went to Hanani, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
26. The nineteenth went to Mallothi, to his sons and his brothers, twelve.
27. The twentieth went to Eliathah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
28. The twenty-first went to Hothir, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
29. The twenty-second went to Giddalti, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
30. The twenty-third went to Mahazioth, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
31. The twenty-fourth went to Romamtiezer, to his sons and brothers, twelve.

## 1 Chronicles 25 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Igitur David et magistratus exercitus segregaverunt in ministerium filios Asaph, et Heman, et Idithun, qui prophetarent in citharis, et psalteriis, et cymbalis secundum numerum suum, dedicato sibi officio servientes.
2. De filiis Asaph: Zachur, et Joseph, et Nathania, et Asarela, filii Asaph: sub manu Asaph prophetantis juxta regem.
3. Porro Idithun: filii Idithun, Godolias, Sori, Jeseias, et Hasabias, et Mathathias, sex, sub manu patris sui Idithun, qui in cithara prophetabat super confitentes et laudantes Dominum.
4. Heman quoque: filii Heman, Bocciau, Mathaniau, Oziel, Subuel, et Jerimoth, Hananias, Hanani, Eliatha, Geddelthi, et Romemthiezer, et Jesbacassa, Mellothi, Othir, Mahazioth:
5. omnes isti filii Heman videntis regis in sermonibus Dei, ut exaltaret cornu: deditque Deus Heman filios quatuordecim, et filias tres.
6. Universi sub manu patris sui ad cantandum in templo Domini distributi erant, in cymbalis, et psalteriis, et citharis, in ministeria domus Domini juxta regem: Asaph videlicet, et Idithun, et Heman.
7. Fuit autem numerus eorum cum fratribus suis, qui erudiebant canticum Domini, cuncti doctores, ducenti octoginta octo.
8. Miseruntque sortes per vices suas, ex æquo tam major quam minor, doctus pariter et indoctus.
9. Egressaque est sors prima Joseph, qui erat de Asaph. Secunda Godoliæ, ipsi et filiis ejus, et fratribus ejus duodecim.
10. Tertia Zachur, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
11. Quarta Isari, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
12. Quinta Nathaniæ, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
13. Sexta Bocciau, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
14. Septima Isreela, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
15. Octava Jesaiæ, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
16. Nona Mathaniæ, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
17. Decima Semeiæ, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
18. Undecima Azareel, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
19. Duodecima Hasabiæ, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
20. Tertiadecima Subaël, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
21. Quartadecima Mathathiæ, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
22. Quintadecima Jerimoth, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
23. Sextadecima Hananiæ, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
24. Septimadecima Jesbacassæ, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
25. Octavadecima Hanani, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
26. Nonadecima Mellothi, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
27. Vigesima Eliatha, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
28. Vigesima prima Othir, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
29. Vigesima secunda Geddelthi, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
30. Vigesima tertia Mahazioth, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.
31. Vigesima quarta Romemthiezer, filiis et fratribus ejus duodecim.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).