Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader; ^9:18he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

^9:19Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary.⁷ Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord’s dwelling place.⁸^9:20Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him. ^9:21Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the guard at the entrance to the meeting tent.

^9:22All 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 prophet⁹ had appointed them to their positions.¹⁰^9:23They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).¹¹^9:24The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides—east, west, north, and south. ^9:25Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods. ^9:26The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.¹²^9:27They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary,¹³ for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning. ^9:28Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.¹⁴^9:29Some of them were in charge of the equipment and articles of the sanctuary,¹⁵ as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.

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Footnotes

7 Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”
8 Heb “and their fathers to the camp of the Lord, guardians of the entrance.” Here “fathers” is used in a more general sense of “forefathers” or “ancestors” and is not limited specifically to their fathers only.
9 The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה (ro’eh, “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא (navi’, “prophet”).
10 Heb “they—David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”
11 Heb “and they and their sons to the gates of the house of the Lord, of the house of the tent, [were assigned] as guards.”
12 Heb “in the house of God.”
13 Heb “in the house of God.”
14 Heb “and from them over the articles of the task, for by number they would bring them in, and by number they would bring them out.”
15 Heb “holy place.”