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-- And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, men of valour, eighteen.
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-- And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head;
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Hilkijah 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, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah.
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And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
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And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out northward;
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to Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
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To Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the ascent, watch against watch.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and in the storehouse two [and] two.
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At the portico westward, four at the causeway, two at the portico.
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These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.