Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.
These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons