1 Chronicles 26:1-19 - The Divisions Of The Gatekeepers

¹ For the divisions to the gates. To the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kora from the sons of Asaph. ² And to Meshelemiah, sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴ And to Obed-Edom, sons: Shemaiah, the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Josh the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nathaniel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. ⁶ To Shemaiah his son were sons born, lords to the house of their fathers: for they were strong of power. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, his brethren, sons of strength, Elihu and Sema-chiah. ⁸ All these from the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brethren, men of strength in power for the service, sixty and two to Obed-Edom. ⁹ And to Meshelemiah sons and brethren, sons of strength, eighteen. ¹⁰ And to Hosah from the sons of Merari, Shimri the head, (for he was not the first-born, and his father will set him for head;) ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and the brethren to Hosah, thirteen.

¹² To these the divisions of the gates for the heads of the strong ones, the watches near their brethren, to serve in the house of Jehovah. ¹³ And they will cast lots, according to small according to great, for the house of their fathers, to gate and gate

¹⁴ And the lot will fall from the sunrising to Shelemiah. And Zechariah his son counseling in understanding, they cast lots; and his lot will go forth north. ¹⁵ To Obed-Edom, south; and to his sons the house of stores. ¹⁶ To Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate of Shallecheth, by the highway of the going up, watch over against watch.

¹⁷ To the sunrising, six Levites; to the north, four for the day, to the south, four for the day, and to Asuppim, two, two. ¹⁸ To Parbar to the west, four at the highway, two at the open portico, ¹⁹ These the divisions of the gates to the sons of the Korahites, and to the sons of Merari.