1 Chronicles 9:22-27 ▼

22 All these, who had been set apart as gatekeepers at the entrances, numbered 212 and had been enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer installed them in their positions of trust,

23 so they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the House of the Tent, as guardians.

24 The guardians were stationed on four sides—east, west, north, and south.

25 Their relatives who lived in their villages were required to visit every seven days to be with them in turn,

26 because the four senior gatekeepers (who were descendants of Levi) had been placed in charge of the chambers and the treasury of the Temple of God.

27 They spent the night near the Temple of God, since they had been entrusted to guard it. They were in charge of opening it every morning.