1 Chronicles 9:25
“And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.”
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
Related Verses
“And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,”
“So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.”
“Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.”
“And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:”
“The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.”