9. And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen.
10. And Hosah, from the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (though he was not firstborn, his father appointed him as chief),
11. Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
12. These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh.
13. And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers’ houses, for their gates.