1 Chronicles 26:1-19
The Divisions of the Gatekeepers

1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

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2 And the sons of Meshelemiah [were], Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

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3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

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4 Moreover the sons of Obededom [were], Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

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5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.

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6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour.

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7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren [were] strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

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8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, [were] threescore and two of Obededom.

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9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

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10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for [though] he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)

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11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah [were] thirteen.

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12 Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief men, [having] wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

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13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

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14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

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15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

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16 To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

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17 Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two [and] two.

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18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, [and] two at Parbar.

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19 These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.

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