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For the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

And to Meshelemiah were sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

And to Obed-edom were sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth (for God blessed him).

Also sons were born to Shemaiah, who ruled for the house of their father; for they were mighty warriors.

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers, mighty sons, were Elihu and Semachiah.

All these were the sons of Obed-edom. They and their sons and their brothers were mighty men with strength for service. Sixty two were of Obed-edom.

And to Meshelemiah were sons and brothers, mighty sons: eighteen.

Also to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, were sons: Simri the head, though not the first-born, yet his father made him the head;

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah: thirteen.

To these were the divisions of the gatekeepers for the heads of the men, having charges like their brothers, to minister in the house of Jehovah.

And he made fall lots; as the small, as the great, for the house of their fathers, for gate and gate.

And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. And for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, they made fall lots; and his lot came out northward;

and to Obed-edom, southward; and to his sons the house of the stores;

Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate of Shallecheth, going up by the highway, guard corresponding to guard.

Eastward were six Levites, northward, four a day; southward, four a day, and toward the storehouse, two by two.

At the Parbar, westward, four at the highway; two at the Parbar.

These are the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Kore and among the sons of Merari.