# General Information:

See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]]).

# who were chosen as gatekeepers

It is not clear who chose these men, so if you have to translate in active form, use your language's most general way of doing so. Alternate translation: "whom they had chosen to be gatekeepers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# numbered 212

"numbered two hundred and twelve" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])

# Their names were recorded in the people's genealogies in their villages

This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "The records in peoples' villages included the names of these men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])