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There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.
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So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.
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There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
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And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time.
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For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.
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Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.
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Certain of them had the care of the vessels used in worship, to keep an account of them when they came in and when they were taken out again.
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And some of them were responsible for the holy things and for the vessels of the holy place, and the meal and the wine and the oil and the perfume and the spices.
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And some of the sons of the priests were responsible for crushing the spices.
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And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for cooking the flat cakes.
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And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.