22 The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust. 23 So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent. 24 The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
1 Chronicles 9:22–24
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1 Chronicles 9:17–19
17 These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief; 18 he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites. 19 Shallum son of Kore, the son of E…
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1 Chronicles 26:18–20
18 As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court. 19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari. 20 Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasu…
Nehemiah 11:18–20
18 The Levites in the holy city totaled 284. 19 And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men. 20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
1 Chronicles 16:37–39
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1 Chronicles 15:22–24
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1 Esdras 1:15–17
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