26 These were the division of the gatekeepers:

• From the Korahites: Kore’s son Meshelemyah (Kore was one of Asaf’s sons),
• 2 Meshelemyah’s seven sons (in order): Zekaryah, Yediael, Zebadyah, Yatniel, 3 Eylam, Yehohanan, and Elyehoenai.
• 4 Oved-Edom’s eight sons (in order): Shemayah, Yehozavad, Yoah, Sakar, Netanel,[ref] 5 Ammiel, Yissakar, and Peulletai. (God had blessed him.)
• 6 Oved-Edom’s son Shemayah also had sons. (They were leaders in their father’s family because they were capable warriors.) 7 Shemayah’s sons were: Otni, Refael, Oved, and Elzavad. His relatives Elihu and Semakyah were also capable men.

8 All those descendants of Oved-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them.

• 9 Meshelemyah had sons and relatives who were respected (eighteen in total).
• 10 Merari’s descendant Hosah’s sons: Shimri (not actually the firstborn, but his father appointed him as the first), 11 Hilkiyah, Tavalyah, and Zekaryah. (Thirteen total sons and relatives.)

12 Those men were leaders of the groups of men who guarded the gates of the temple. They worked in Yahweh’s temple like their relatives did. 13 They used lots to assign each family to a particular gate, irrespective of the family reputation. 14 Shelemyah’s group was allocated to the eastern gate, and his son Zekaryah (a wise adviser) was allocated to the northern gate. 15 Oved-Edom’s group was allocated to the southern gate, plus his sons were to guard the storehouses. 16 Shuppim’s and Hosah’s groups were allocated the western gate, along with the Shalleket gate on the uphill road with side-by-side guards. 17 Every day there were six Levites on duty in the east, four in the north, four in the south, and two at the storehouses. 18 There were four on the road by the western courtyard, and two in the courtyard. 19 Those were the groups of men who were Korah’s and Merari’s descendants who guarded the temple gates.