All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers 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.
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the LORD’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.
On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them,