¹² With respect to their leaders, these courses of trustees had responsibilities, along with their relatives, regarding ministry within the Temple of the Lord ¹³ assigned by lottery according to their ancestral households, whether large or small alike, for their gate assignments. ¹⁴ The lot for the eastern gate^[a] fell to Shelemiah. They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, and his lot indicated the northern gate.^[b]