These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. (1 Chronicles 24:31)
Heb. le‘ummah, “correspondingly to.” The meaning is that they cast lots, like their brethren the priests. The Levitical houses enumerated drew lots on equal terms with the elder families, who had no advantage over them. Junior and senior branches of the Levites were treated alike.