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And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
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Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief),
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Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
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Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even among the chief men, having watches, one as another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
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And they cast lots for every gate, the small as well as the great, according to the house of their fathers.
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And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah [called Meshelemiah]. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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To Obededom southward, and to his sons the house of gatherings.
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To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate of Shallecheth by the ascending causeway, watch opposite watch.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward the house of gatherings, two and two.
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At Parbar westward, four at the causeway and two at Parbar.
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These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.