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1 Chronicles 26
⁹ And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, eighteen able men.
¹⁰ Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first),
¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
¹² Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, having duties just like their brethren, to serve in the house of the Lord.
¹³ And they cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father’s house.
¹⁴ The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the North Gate;
¹⁵ to Obed-Edom the South Gate, and to his sons the storehouse.
¹⁶ To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway--watchman opposite watchman.
¹⁷ On the east were six Levites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the storehouse two by two.
¹⁸ As for the Parbar on the west, there were four on the highway and two at the Parbar.
¹⁹ These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.