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Meshelemyah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
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Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
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Hilkiyah the second, Tevalyahu the third, Zekharyah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
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Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the house of the LORD.
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They cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
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The lot eastward fell to Shelemyahu. Then for Zekharyah his son, a discreet counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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To `Oved-'Edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.
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To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
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For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
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These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korchi, and of the sons of Merari.