¹⁶ To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the ^(A)ascending highway—watchman opposite watchman.

²⁴ And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to ^(A)praise and give thanks, ^(B)group^[a] alternating with group, ^(C)according to the command of David the man of God.

⁴ the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his ^(A)cupbearers and their apparel, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

¹⁰ Also ^(A)Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first), ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

¹² Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, having duties just like their brethren, to serve in the house of the Lord.

⁸ And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, ^(A)the teacher with the student.

⁵ the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, ^(A)and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.