16
and Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17
And the porters: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum
was the head.
18
And until now in the companies of the sons of Levi these
have been the porters in the king’s gate towards the east.
19
And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren of the house of his father, the Korahites,
were over the work of the ministry, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle; and their fathers,
being over the camp of the LORD,
were keepers of the entry.
20
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was the captain over them in time past,
and the LORD
was with him.
21
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.
24
Towards the four winds were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and Negev.
25
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.