20. Phinehas son of Eleazar was ruler over them in times past, and the Lord was with him.
21. Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
22. All these chosen to be keepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by their genealogies in their villages [around Jerusalem], these men [whose grandfathers] David and Samuel the seer had established to their office of trust.
23. So they and their sons had oversight of the gates of the Lord's house, that is, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24. The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides [of the house of the Lord]–on the east, west, north, and south.
25. Their brethren in their villages were to come in every seven days to be with them.
26. But these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, were in charge of the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
27. They lodged round about God's house, for the duty [of watching] was theirs, as well as the opening of the house every morning.
28. Some of them had charge of the serving utensils, being required to count them when they brought them in or took them out.
29. Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the sacred utensils, as well as over the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.
30. Other sons of the priests prepared the ointment of spices.
31. Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for the things baked in pans.
32. Of their Kohathite kinsmen, some were to prepare the showbread every Sabbath.