Today is the 18th day of July.

Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

I'm Brian.

It is fantastic to be here with you today.

I am grateful.

Very much trying to express that. Very much trying to practice that, grateful as we go through this 20th year together.

And so for the 20th time, we come to the 18th day of July.

And for the 20th time, we'll go through this very specific territory as we are navigating

First Chronicles and Paul's letter to the Romans, which is an epic treatise is such so much of the foundation of the Christian faith

so let's jump in let's take our step together as a community around the global campfire

moving forward.

First Chronicles, chapter 26, verse 12 through 27, verse 34 today.

These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had duties just as their kindred did, ministering in the house of the Lord. And they cast lots by ancestral houses, small and great alike, for their gates.

The lot for the east fell to Shalomaia.

They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a prudent counselor, and his lot came out for the north.

Obed Edom's came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse.

For Shupim and Hosa, it came out for the west, at the gate of Shalakat, on the ascending road.

Guard corresponded to guard.

On the east, there were six Levites each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day,

as well as two and two at the storehouse, and for the colonnade.

On the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade.

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Marari.

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