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These are the divisions of the gatekeepers:
From the Korahites, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the family of Abiasaph. 1
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The sons of Meshelemiah were Zechariah (the oldest), Jediael (the second), Zebadiah (the third), Jathniel (the fourth),
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Elam (the fifth), Jehohanan (the sixth), and Eliehoenai (the seventh).
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The sons of Obed-edom, also gatekeepers, were Shemaiah (the oldest), Jehozabad (the second), Joah (the third), Sacar (the fourth), Nethanel (the fifth),
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Ammiel (the sixth), Issachar (the seventh), and Peullethai (the eighth). God had richly blessed Obed-edom.
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Obed-edom’s son Shemaiah had sons with great ability who earned positions of great authority in the clan.
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Their names were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Their relatives, Elihu and Semakiah, were also very capable men.
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All of these descendants of Obed-edom, including their sons and grandsons - sixty-two of them in all - were very capable men, well qualified for their work.
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Meshelemiah’s eighteen sons and relatives were also very capable men.
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Hosah, of the Merari clan, appointed Shimri as the leader among his sons, though he was not the oldest.
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His other sons included Hilkiah (the second), Tebaliah (the third), and Zechariah (the fourth). Hosah’s sons and relatives, who served as gatekeepers, numbered thirteen in all.
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These divisions of the gatekeepers were named for their family leaders, and like the other Levites, they served at the house of the Lord .
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They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates, without regard to age or training, for it was all decided by means of sacred lots.
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The responsibility for the east gate went to Meshelemiah 2 and his group. The north gate was assigned to his son Zechariah, a man of unusual wisdom.
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The south gate went to Obed-edom, and his sons were put in charge of the storehouse.
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Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate and the gateway leading up to the Temple. 3 Guard duties were divided evenly.
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Six Levites were assigned each day to the east gate, four to the north gate, four to the south gate, and two pairs at the storehouse.
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Six were assigned each day to the west gate, four to the gateway leading up to the Temple, and two to the courtyard. 4
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These were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the clans of Korah and Merari.