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And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was the captain over them in time past,
and the LORD
was with him.
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And Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah,
was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.
22
All these
which were chosen to be porters in the gates
were two hundred and twelve when they were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel, the seer, ordained in their set office.
23
So they and their sons
had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD,
namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
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Towards the four winds were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and Negev.
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And their brethren,
who were in their villages, came every seven days in their set times with them.
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For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in
their set office and were over the chambers and treasures of the house of God.
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And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge
was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning
pertained to them.
28
And
certain of them had the charge of the vessels of ministry, that they should account for them when they were brought in and out.
29
Some of them also
were appointed to oversee the vessels and all the instruments of the sanctuary and the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.
30
And
some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.