1 Chronicles 9:23 · KJV
“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.”
— 1 Chronicles 9:23
All these {which were} chosen to be porters in the gates {were} two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. {did...: Heb. founded} {set...: or, trust}
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
1 Chronicles 9 — Context
{And} Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah {was} porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22All these {which were} chosen to be porters in the gates {were} two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. {did...: Heb. founded} {set...: or, trust}
23So they and their children {had} the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, {namely}, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
25And their brethren, {which were} in their villages, {were} to come after seven days from time to time with them.
Cross References
Ezekiel 44:14
But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
Ezekiel 44:10-11
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
2 Chronicles 23:19
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none {which was} unclean in any thing should enter in.
1 Chronicles 23:32
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy {place}, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
Nehemiah 12:45
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, {and} of Solomon his son.