1 Chronicles 26:17
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Now towards the east were six Levites: and towards the north four a day: and towards the south likewise four a day: and where the council was, two and two.

Eastward

1 Chronicles 9:24 In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

2 Chronicles 8:14 And he appointed according to the order of David his father the offices of the priests in their ministries: and the Levites in their order to give praise, and minister before the priests according to the duty of every day: and the porters in their divisions by gate and gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.

Asuppim

1 Chronicles 26:15 And to Obededom and his sons that towards the south: in which part of the house was the council of the ancients.

Context
The Divisions of the Gatekeepers
16To Sephim, and Hosa towards the west, by the gate which leadeth to the way of the ascent: ward against ward. 17Now towards the east were six Levites: and towards the north four a day: and towards the south likewise four a day: and where the council was, two and two.18In the cells also of the porters toward the west four in the way: and two at every cell.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 26:16
To Sephim, and Hosa towards the west, by the gate which leadeth to the way of the ascent: ward against ward.

1 Chronicles 26:18
In the cells also of the porters toward the west four in the way: and two at every cell.

Lexicon
Each day
לַיּוֹם֙ (lay·yō·wm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

there were six
שִׁשָּׁה֒ (šiš·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

Levites
הַלְוִיִּ֣ם (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

on the east,
לַמִּזְרָח֮ (lam·miz·rāḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4217: Place of sunrise, the east

four
אַרְבָּעָ֔ה (’ar·bā·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

on the north,
לַצָּפ֤וֹנָה (laṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

four
אַרְבָּעָ֑ה (’ar·bā·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 702: Four

on the south,
לַנֶּ֥גְבָּה (lan·neḡ·bāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: South country, the Negeb, south

and two pairs
שְׁנַ֥יִם (šə·na·yim)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

at the storehouse.
וְלָאֲסֻפִּ֖ים (wə·lā·’ă·sup·pîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 624: Collected, a collection of offerings)


Additional Translations
Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.

Eastward were six watchmen in the day; northward four by the day; southward four by the day; and two at the Esephim,

Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and in the storehouse two [and] two.

Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.

Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and towards Asuppim, two and two.

Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.

to the east the Levites are six; to the north daily four, to the south daily four, and to the gatherings two by two,
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