9. Then there were the sons of Meshelemiah and their brothers, very robust men, eighteen.
10. 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,
11. Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All these, the sons and brothers of Hosah, were thirteen.
12. 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.
13. Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates.
14. 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.
15. Truly, Obededom and his sons obtained that to the south, in the part of the house where the council of elders was.
16. Shuppim and Hosah obtained that toward the west, beside the gate that leads to the way of the ascent, one post facing the other.
17. Truly, toward the east there were six Levites, and toward the north there were four per day, and then toward the south similarly there were four each day. And where the council was, there were two and two.
18. Also, in the cells of the porters toward the west, there were four along the way, and two at every cell.