23. As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.
24. In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.
25. And their brethren dwelt in villages, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.
26. To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord.
27. And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.