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Pinechas the son of El`azar was ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD was with him.
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Zekharyah the son of Meshelemyah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
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All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Shemu'el the seer did ordain in their office of trust.
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So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, by wards.
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On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
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for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
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They lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was on them; and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
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Certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.
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Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
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Some of the sons of the Kohanim prepared the confection of the spices.