26. The four full-time guards were Levites, and they supervised the other guards and were responsible for the rooms in the temple and the supplies kept there.
27. They guarded the temple day and night and opened its doors every morning.
28. Some of the Levites were responsible for the equipment used in worship at the temple, and they had to count everything before and after it was used.
29. Others were responsible for the temple furnishings and its sacred objects, as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.
30. But only the priests could mix the spices.
31. Mattithiah, Shallum's eldest son, was a member of the Levite clan of Korah, and he was in charge of baking the bread used for offerings.