To thesedivisionsof the gatekeepers,the chiefmen,[were given] dutiesliketheir relativesto ministerin the houseof the LORD.
So they cameand calledto the gatekeepersof the city,and they toldthem, saying,"We cameto the campof the Arameans,and behold,therewas noonethere,northe voiceof man,onlythe horsestiedand the donkeystied,and the tentsjustas they were."
They castlotsfor their duties,allalike,the smallas well as the great,the teacher[as well] as the pupil.
Hilkiahthe second,Tebaliahthe third,Zechariahthe fourth;allthe sonsand relativesof Hosah[were] 13
They castlots,the smalland the greatalike, according to their fathers'households,for everygate.
So they and their sonshad chargeof the gatesof the houseof the LORD,[even] the houseof the tent,as guards.
Korethe sonof Imnahthe Levite,the keeperof the eastern[gate, was] overthe freewillofferingsof God,to apportionthe contributionsfor the LORDand the mostholythings.
The singers,the sonsof Asaph,[were] also at their stationsaccording to the commandof David,Asaph,Heman,and Jeduthunthe king'sseer;and the gatekeepersat eachgatedid not haveto departfrom their service,becausethe Levitestheir brethrenpreparedfor them.
