PORTERS

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• 1 Chronicles 9:17

  The porters: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),

• 1 Chronicles 9:18

  who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

• 1 Chronicles 9:19

  Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over Yahweh’s camp, keepers of the entry.

• 1 Chronicles 9:20

  Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with him.

• 1 Chronicles 9:21

  Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the Tent of Meeting.

• 1 Chronicles 9:22

  All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were listed by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.

• 1 Chronicles 9:23

  So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of Yahweh’s house, even the house of the tent, by wards.

• 1 Chronicles 9:24

  On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

• 1 Chronicles 9:25

  Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:

• 1 Chronicles 9:26

  for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.

• 1 Chronicles 9:27

  They stayed around God’s house, because that duty was on them; and to their duty was its opening morning by morning.

• 1 Chronicles 9:28

  Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.

• 1 Chronicles 9:29

  Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.

• 1 Chronicles 9:30

  Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.

• 1 Chronicles 9:31

  Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.

• 1 Chronicles 9:32

  Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.

• 1 Chronicles 24:31

  These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ households of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

• 1 Chronicles 26:13

  They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.

• 1 Chronicles 26:14

  The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

• 1 Chronicles 26:15

  To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.

• 1 Chronicles 26:16

  To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.

• 1 Chronicles 26:17

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

• 1 Chronicles 26:18

  For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

• 1 Chronicles 26:19

  These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.

• 2 Chronicles 23:4

  This is the thing that you must do. A third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds.

• 2 Chronicles 23:5

  A third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation. All the people will be in the courts of Yahweh’s house.

• 2 Chronicles 34:13

  Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and directed all who did the work in every kind of service. Of the Levites, there were scribes, officials, and porters.

• 2 Chronicles 35:15

  The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters were at every gate. They didn’t need to depart from their service, because their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

• Nehemiah 12:25

  Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.