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-# the eighteenth ... the twenty-first
+# Connecting Statement:
 
-"lot number 18 ... lot number 19 ... lot number 20 ... lot number 21." This shows the order in which the families were chosen. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
+This continues the list begun in [1 Chronicles 25:9](../25/09.md) of 24 lots that were cast to choose the order in which families would serve.
 
-# Hanani ... Mallothi ... Eliathah ... Hothir
+# the nineteenth
 
-Translate the names of these men as you did in [1 Chronicles 25:4](../25/04.md).
+This refers to the nineteenth lot. The word "lot" may be supplied here. Alternate translation: "the nineteenth lot" or "lot number 19" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
+
+# Mallothi
+
+Translate the name of this man as you did in [1 Chronicles 25:4](../25/04.md).
+
+# twelve persons in number
+
+"12 people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])