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1 Chronicles 9:24
“In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 9
22
All these [which were] chosen to be porters in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
23
So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24
In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
25
And their brethren, [which were] in their villages, [were] to come after seven days from time to time with them.
26
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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