Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

General references

Bible References

The oversight

1 Chronicles 23:32
and that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the Holy Place, and the charge of their brothers, the sons of Aaron, in the service of the house of Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 23:19
And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, so that the unclean in any way could not go in.
Nehemiah 12:45
And both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the cleansing, according to the command of David and of Solomon his son.
Ezekiel 44:10
But the Levites who have gone far away from Me, when Israel went astray; those who went astray from Me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

General references

1 Chronicles 15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.