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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:14 Variant of Meshelemiah
  2. 26:17 LXX; MT omits each day