1 Chronicles 26:12-19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the Lord’s temple, just as their relatives did. ¹³ They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.^(A)

¹⁴ The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah.^[a] They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, an insightful counsellor, and his lot came out for the north gate. ¹⁵ Obed-edom’s was the south gate, and his sons’ lot was for the storehouses; ¹⁶ it was the west gate and the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending road for Shuppim and Hosah.

There were guards stationed at every watch. ¹⁷ There were six Levites each day^[b] on the east, four each day on the north, four each day on the south, and at the storehouses they were posted in pairs. ¹⁸ As for the court on the west, there were four at the road and two at the court. ¹⁹ Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the descendants of the Korahites and Merarites.