Catholic Public Domain Version
"These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord. "
— 1 Chronicles 26:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.”
“Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah. ”
“Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the house of Yahweh.”
“These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the LORD’s temple.”
“Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.”
“Of these were the divisions of the door-keepers, men of authority, having responsible positions like their brothers to be servants in the house of the Lord.”
“Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.”
Then there were the sons of Meshelemiah and their brothers, very robust men, eighteen.
Now, from Hosah, that is, from the sons of Merari: Shimri the leader, for he had not had a firstborn son, and so, because of this, his father had appointed him as the leader,
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All these, the sons and brothers of Hosah, were thirteen.
These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord.
Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates.
And the lot of the east fell out to Shelemiah. But to his son Zechariah, a very prudent and learned man, the northern section was obtained by lot.
Truly, Obededom and his sons obtained that to the south, in the part of the house where the council of elders was.