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All these were of the sons of O'bed-e'dom with their sons and brethren, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of O'bed-e'dom.
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And Meshelemi'ah had sons and brethren, able men, eighteen.
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And Hosah, of the sons of Merar'i, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, his father made him chief),
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Hilki'ah the second, Tebali'ah the third, Zechari'ah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
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These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brethren did, ministering in the house of the LORD;
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and they cast lots by fathers' houses, small and great alike, for their gates.
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The lot for the east fell to Shelemi'ah. They cast lots also for his son Zechari'ah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north.
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O'bed-e'dom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse.
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For Shuppim and Hosah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shal'lecheth on the road that goes up. Watch corresponded to watch.
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On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the storehouse;
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and for the parbar on the west there were four at the road and two at the parbar.