1 Chronicles 9:24

On four quarters were the gatekeepers, toward the east, the west, the north, and the south.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

In Context

23Both they and their children had the oversight over the gates of the house of the Lord, [namely,] the house of the tabernacle, as watches.

25And their brethren, who were in their villages, had to come after every seven days from time to time in common with these.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 8:14And he stationed, according to the prescription of David his father, the divisions of the priests at their service, and the Levites at their stations, to praise and minister next to the priests, in the requirement of every day on its day, and the gate-keepers in their divisions at every gate; for so was the charge of David the man of God.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 9:15-35

Genealogies; the Employment of the Priests. ( b. c. 1400.) 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 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, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and… Read the whole commentary →

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