16. Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
17. The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their brothers. Shallum was the leader;
18. he serves to this day at the king’s gate to the east. These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the descendants of Levi.
19. Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen from his ancesteral clan, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the gates of the Tent. Their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of Adonai
20. when Phinehas, son of Eleazar had been ruler over them in time past and Adonai was with him.
21. Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
22. All these chosen to be gatekeepers at the gates were 212. These were registered in the genealogical records of their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their offices.
23. They and their sons were guards of the gates of the House of Adonai, that is, the Tabernacle.
24. The gatekeepers were posted on the four sides, toward the east, west, north, and south.
25. Their kinsmen in their villages were to come from time to time and serve with them for seven days.
26. For the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted over the chambers and over the treasuries in the House of God.
27. They would spend the night around the House of God, because they were assigned to guard it and were in charge of opening it morning by morning.
28. Now some of them had charge of the utensils for avodah, for by count they brought them in and by count they took them out.
29. Some of them were appointed over the equipment and over all the utensils of the sanctuary, as well as over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense and the spices.
30. But some of the sons of the kohanim prepared the mixture of spices.
31. Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of preparing the flat cakes.
32. Some of the relatives of Kohathites were in charge of preparing the rows of bread every Shabbat.
33. Now these were the singers, patriarchal leaders of the Levites, who stayed in the chambers and were exempt from other service, for they were on duty day and night.