1Chronicles:26:1-19

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* The divisions of the doorkeepers . Of the Korahites : Meshelemiah the son of Kore , of the sons of Asaph . * And Meshelemiah had sons : Zechariah the firstborn , Jediael the second , Zebadiah the third , Jathniel the fourth , * Elam the fifth , Johanan the sixth , Elioenai the seventh . * -- And the sons of Obed-Edom : Shemaiah the firstborn , Jehozabad the second , Joah the third , and Sacar the fourth , and Nethaneel the fifth , * Ammiel the sixth , Issachar the seventh , Peulthai the eighth : for God had blessed him . * And to Shemaiah his son were sons born , who were rulers in their father 's house ; for they were mighty men of valour . * The sons of Shemaiah : Othni , and Rephael , and Obed , [and ] Elzabad , whose brethren were valiant men , Elihu and Semachiah . * All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom : they and their sons and their brethren , able men in strength for the service , were sixty-two of Obed-Edom . * -- And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren , men of valour , eighteen . * -- And Hosah , of the sons of Merari , had sons : Shimri the head , for though he was not the firstborn , yet his father made him the head ; * Hilkijah the second , Tebaliah the third , Zechariah the fourth : all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen . * Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers , among the head-men , as to the charges together with their brethren , for performing the service in the house of Jehovah . * And they cast lots , the small as well as the great , according to their fathers ' houses , for every gate . * And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah ; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son , a wise counsellor , and his lot came out northward ; * to Obed-Edom southward ; and to his sons the storehouse . * To Shuppim and Hosah westward , with the gate Shallecheth , by the causeway of the ascent , watch against watch . * Eastward were six Levites , northward four a day , southward four a day , and in the storehouse two [and ] two . * At the portico westward , four at the causeway , two at the portico . * These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari .

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