¹⁸ and to all who were written in the genealogy—their little ones and their wives, their sons and daughters, the whole company of them—for in their faithfulness they ^[a]sanctified themselves in holiness.

¹⁶ that ^(A)I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the ^(B)offering ^[a]of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁵ And under him were ^(A)Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, his faithful assistants in ^(B)the cities of the priests, to distribute ^(C)allotments to their brethren by divisions, to the great as well as the small.

²² All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. ^(A)They were recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel ^(B)the seer had appointed them to their trusted office.