10. Hosah, a descendant of Merari, had these sons: Shimri, the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief),
11. Hilkiah, the second son, Tebaliah, the third, Zechariah, the fourth. All the sons and kinsmen of Hosah were thirteen.
12. To these divisions of the gatekeepers, by their chief men, were assigned watches for them to minister in the house of the Lord, for each group in the same way.
13. They cast lots for each gate, small and large families alike.
14. When the lot was cast for the east side, it fell to Meshelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a prudent counselor, and the north side fell to his lot.
15. To Obed-edom fell the south side, and to his sons the storehouse.
16. To Hosah fell the west side with the Shallecheth gate at the ascending highway. For each family, watches were established.
17. On the east, six watched each day, on the north, four each day, on the south, four each day, and at the storehouse they were two and two;
18. as for the large building on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the large building.
19. These were the classes of the gatekeepers, sons of Korah and Merari.
20. Their brother Levites had oversight of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of votive offerings.
21. Among the sons of Ladan the Gershonite, the family heads were sons of Jehiel:
22. the sons of Jehiel, Zetham and his brother Joel, who oversaw the treasures of the house of the Lord.