1 Chronicles 26:12
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Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 25:8 And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together.

Context
The Divisions of the Gatekeepers
11Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were thirteen. 12Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.13And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families for every one of the gates.…
Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

1 Chronicles 26:11
Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were thirteen.

1 Chronicles 26:13
And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families for every one of the gates.

2 Chronicles 35:15
And the singers the sons of Asaph stood in their order, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Idithun, the prophets of the king: and the porters kept guard at every gate, so as not to depart one moment from their service, and therefore their brethren the Levites prepared meats for them.

Lexicon
These
לְ֠אֵלֶּה (lə·’êl·leh)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

divisions
מַחְלְק֨וֹת (maḥ·lə·qō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4256: Division, course

of the gatekeepers,
הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֜ים (haš·šō·‘ă·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7778: A gatekeeper

through their chief
לְרָאשֵׁ֧י (lə·rā·šê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

men,
הַגְּבָרִ֛ים (hag·gə·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply

had duties
מִשְׁמָר֖וֹת (miš·mā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

for ministering
לְשָׁרֵ֖ת (lə·šā·rêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8334: To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to

in the house
בְּבֵ֥ית (bə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of the LORD,
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

just as
לְעֻמַּ֣ת (lə·‘um·maṯ)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 5980: Society, near, beside, along with

their brothers did.
אֲחֵיהֶ֑ם (’ă·ḥê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )


Additional Translations
These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah.

To these were assigned the divisions of the gates, to the chiefs of the mighty men the daily courses, even their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.

Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah.

Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having charges like as their brethren, to minister in the house of the LORD.

Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the house of Yahweh.

According to these are the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones are charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah,
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