And the divisions of the porters: of the Corites Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of Asaph.

the divisions

1 Chronicles 26:14 And the lot of the east fell to Selemias. But to his son Zacharias, a very wise and learned man, the north gate fell by lot.

.) the southern to Obed-edom (ver

1 Chronicles 26:15 And to Obededom and his sons that towards the south: in which part of the house was the council of the ancients.

) and the western to Shuppim and Hosah (ver

1 Chronicles 26:16 To Sephim, and Hosa towards the west, by the gate which leadeth to the way of the ascent: ward against ward.

). These several persons were captains of these porter-bands, or door-keepers, at the different gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these captains; as we find, from

1 Chronicles 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with.

, that their whole number was four thousand.

the porters

1 Chronicles 9:17-27 And the porters were Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and Ahiman: and their brother Sellum was the prince, . . .

1 Chronicles 15:18,23,24 And with them their brethren: in the second rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the porters. . . .

2 Chronicles 23:19 He appointed also porters in the gates of the house of the Lord, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter in.

Korhites

Numbers 26:9-11 His sons, were Namuel and Dathan and Abiron. These are Dathan and Abiron the princes of the people, that rose against Moses and Aaron in the sedition of Core, when they rebelled against the Lord: . . .

Psalm 44:1 Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God. [1] Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.

Psalm 49:1 Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. [2] Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

Meshelemiah.

1 Chronicles 25:14 The seventh to Isreela, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

Shelemiah

1 Chronicles 6:37 The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,

1 Chronicles 9:19 But Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his brethren and his father's house, the Corites were over the works of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their families in turns were keepers of the entrance of the camp of the Lord.

Ebiasaph