10. Also Ḥosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head (although he was not the first-born, his father made him the head),
11. Ḥilqiyahu the second, Teḇalyahu the third, Zeḵaryahu the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Ḥosah were thirteen.
12. These divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, had duties like their brothers, to serve in the House of יהוה.
13. And they cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father’s house.
14. And the lot to the east fell to Shelemyahu. Then they cast lots for his son Zeḵaryahu, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out to the north;
15. to Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom to the south, and to his sons the storehouse;
16. to Shuppim and Ḥosah to the west, with the Shalleḵeth Gate on the ascending highway; guard corresponding with guard.
17. On the east were six Lĕwites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the storehouse two by two.
18. As for the Parbar on the west, there were four on the highway and two at the Parbar.