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1 These are the groups of the gatekeepers. From the family of Korah, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, who was from Asaph's family.
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The divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korchim: Meshelemyahu the son of Kore, of the descendants of Asaf.
2 Meshelemiah had sons. Zechariah was his first son, Jediael was second, Zebadiah was third, Jathniel was fourth,
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Meshelemyahu had sons: Z'kharyahu the firstborn, Y'dia'el the second, Z'vadyahu the third, Yatni'el the fourth,
3 Elam was fifth, Jehohanan was sixth, and Eliehoenai was seventh.
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'Eilam the fifth, Y'hochanan the sixth and Ely'ho'einai the seventh.
4 Obed-Edom had sons. Shemaiah was his first son, Jehozabad was second, Joah was third, Sacar was fourth, Nethanel was fifth,
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'Oved-Edom had sons: Sh'ma'yah the firstborn, Y'hozavad the second son, Yo'ach the third, Sakhar the fourth, N'tan'el the fifth,
5 Ammiel was sixth, Issachar was seventh, and Peullethai was eighth. God blessed Obed-Edom with children.
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'Ammi'el the sixth, Yissakhar the seventh, and Pe'ultai the eighth; for God blessed him.
6 Obed-Edom's son Shemaiah also had sons. They were leaders in their father's family because they were capable men.
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To his son Sh'ma'yah were born sons who ruled over their father's clan, because they were strong, brave men.
7 Shemaiah's sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, Elzabad, Elihu, and Semakiah. Elihu, and Semakiah were skilled workers.
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The sons of Sh'ma'yah: 'Otni, Refa'el and his brothers 'Oved and Elzavad, valiant men; also Elihu and S'makhyahu.
8 All these were Obed-Edom's descendants. They and their sons and relatives were capable men and strong workers. Obed-Edom had sixty-two descendants in all.
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These were all from the sons of 'Oved-Edom, they and their sons and brothers, men of ability and strength for service, sixty-two from 'Oved-Edom.
9 Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were skilled workers. In all, there were eighteen.
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Meshelemyahu had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
10 From the Merari family, Hosah had sons. Shimri was chosen to be in charge. Although he was not the oldest son, his father chose him to be in charge.
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Hosah, from the descendants of M'rari, had sons: Shimri the chief, for although he was not the firstborn, nevertheless his father made him the chief;
11 Hilkiah was his second son, Tabaliah was third, and Zechariah was fourth. In all, Hosah had thirteen sons and relatives.
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Hilkiyahu the second, T'valyahu the third and Z'kharyahu the fourth; all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
12 These were the leaders of the groups of gatekeepers, and they served in the Temple of the Lord. Their relatives also worked in the Temple.
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These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their chief men, had duties, just as their kinsmen did, serving in the house of ADONAI.
13 By throwing lots, each family chose a gate to guard. Young and old threw lots.
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Great or small, they cast lots according to their clans for every gate.
14 Meshelemiah was chosen by lot to guard the East Gate. Then lots were thrown for Meshelemiah's son Zechariah. He was a wise counselor and was chosen for the North Gate.
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The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemyahu. Then they cast lots for his son Z'kharyahu, a sensible adviser, and he was allotted the north gate.
15 Obed-Edom was chosen for the South Gate, and Obed-Edom's sons were chosen to guard the storehouse.
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'Oved-Edom was allotted the south gate and his sons the storehouse.
16 Shuppim and Hosah were chosen for the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road. Guards stood side by side with guards.
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Shupim and Hosah were allotted the west gate and the Shallekhet Gate at the highway that goes up, with corresponding guards.
17 Six Levites stood guard every day at the East Gate; four Lev- ites stood guard every day at the North Gate; four Levites stood guard every day at the South Gate; and two Levites at a time guarded the storehouse.
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For the east there were six L'vi'im, for the north four a day, for the south four a day, for the Storehouse two and two,
18 There were two guards at the western court and four guards on the road to the court.
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while for the courtyard to the west there were four at the highway and two at the courtyard itself.
19 These were the groups of the gatekeepers from the families of Korah and Merari.
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These were the divisions of the gatekeepers, consisting of descendants of the Korchim and descendants of M'rari.
20 Other Levites were responsible for guarding the treasuries of the Temple of God and for the places where the holy items were kept.
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Of the L'vi'im, Achiyah was responsible for the stores in the house of God and the stores of holy articles.
21 Ladan was Gershon's son and the ancestor of several family groups. Jehiel was a leader of one of the family groups.
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The sons of La'dan, the descendants of the Gershuni belonging to La'dan, the heads of clans belonging to La'dan the Gershuni: Yechi'eli;
22 His sons were Zetham and Joel his brother, and they were responsible for the treasuries of the Temple of the Lord.
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and the sons of Yechi'eli: Zetam and Yo'el his brother, over the stores in the house of ADONAI.
23 Other leaders were chosen from the family groups of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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Of the 'Amrami, of the Yitz'hari, of the Hevroni, of the 'Uzi'eli,
24 Shubael, the descendant of Gershom, who was Moses' son, was the leader responsible for the treasuries.
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Sh'vu'el the descendant of Gershom, the son of Moshe, was in charge of the stores.
25 These were Shubael's relatives from Eliezer: Eliezer's son Rehabiah, Rehabiah's son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah's son Joram, Joram's son Zicri, and Zicri's son Shelomith.
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His kinsmen: from Eli'ezer: Rechavyahu his son, Yesha'yahu his son, Yoram his son, Zikhri his son and Shlomit his son.
26 Shelomith and his relatives were responsible for everything that had been collected for the Temple by King David, by the heads of families, by the commanders of a thousand men and of a hundred men, and by other army commanders.
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This Shlomit and his kinsmen were in charge of all the stores of the dedicated things that David the king, the clan heads, the captains over thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.
27 They also gave some of the things they had taken in wars to be used in repairing the Temple of the Lord.
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From the spoil won in wars they had dedicated these things to repair the house of ADONAI.
28 Shelomith and his relatives took care of all the holy items. Some had been given by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah.
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Also included was all that Sh'mu'el the seer, Sha'ul the son of Kish, Avner the son of Ner and Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah had dedicated. In short, if anyone had dedicated anything, Shlomit and his brothers were in charge of it.
29 Kenaniah was from the Izhar family. He and his sons worked outside the Temple as officers and judges in different places in Israel.
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Of the Yitz'hari: K'nanyahu and his sons were assigned to be over Isra'el in regard to outside business as officers and judges.
30 Hashabiah was from the Hebron family. He and his relatives were responsible for the Lord's work and the king's business in Israel west of the Jordan River. There were seventeen hundred skilled men in Hashabiah's group.
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Of the Hevroni: Hashavyah and his kinsmen, 1,700 valiant men, had the oversight of Isra'el west of the Yarden in regard to all the business of ADONAI and the service of the king.
31 The history of the Hebron family shows that Jeriah was their leader. In David's fortieth year as king, the records were searched, and some capable men of the Hebron family were found living at Jazer in Gilead.
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Yeriyah was chief of the Hevroni according to their generations by clans. In the fortieth year of David's reign the Hevroni were sought out, and there were found among them strong, brave men at Ya'zer in Gil'ad.
32 Jeriah had twenty-seven hundred relatives who were skilled men and leaders of families. King David gave them the responsibility of directing the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh in God's work and the king's business.
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King David appointed 2,700 of his kinsmen, valiant men and clan leaders, as overseers over the Re'uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of the M'nashi for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
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