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and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasiai, the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
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and their brethren, heads of the houses of their fathers, one thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty men of valour for the work of the ministry of the house of God.
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And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
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and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah, the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
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and Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
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And the porters: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum
was the head.
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And until now in the companies of the sons of Levi these
have been the porters in the king’s gate towards the east.
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And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren of the house of his father, the Korahites,
were over the work of the ministry, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle; and their fathers,
being over the camp of the LORD,
were keepers of the entry.
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And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was the captain over them in time past,
and the LORD
was with him.
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And Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah,
was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.
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All these
which were chosen to be porters in the gates
were two hundred and twelve when they were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel, the seer, ordained in their set office.