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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; Simri the chief, (for [though] he was not the first-born, 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 porters, [even] among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
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And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
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And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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To obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
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To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the way of the ascent, ward against ward.
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Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and towards Asuppim, two [and] two.
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At Parbar westward, four at the causey, [and] two at Parbar.
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These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.