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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 doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.
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And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.
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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 service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of the entrance.
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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.
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Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were registered by genealogy according to their villages: David and Samuel the seer had instituted them in their trust.
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And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.
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At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.