1 Chronicles 9:22-27 ▼

22 All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet had appointed them to their positions.

23 They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the LORD's sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).

24 The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides--east, west, north, and south.

25 Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods.

26 The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God's sanctuary.

27 They would spend the night in their posts all around God's sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.