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Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen.
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Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief),
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Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah totaled thirteen.
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These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had duties, just as their kindred did, ministering in the house of the Lord;
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and they cast lots by ancestral houses, small and great alike, for their gates.
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The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a prudent counselor, and his lot came out for the north.
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Obed-edom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse.
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For Shuppim and Hosah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending road. Guard corresponded to guard.
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On the east there were six Levites each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the storehouse;
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and for the colonnade on the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade.
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These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.