Bible in Basic English
"And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great."
— 1 Chronicles 26:13, Bible in Basic English
“And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.”
And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: Hosah had thirteen sons and brothers.
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.
And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.
And the care of the door on the east came out for Shelemiah. Then the name of Zechariah his son, a man wise in discussion, came out, and the door on the north was given to him.
To Obed-edom, that on the south; and to his sons, the store-house.
To Hosah, the door on the west, by the door of Shallecheth, at the footway which goes up, watch by watch.