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.