Reference: Porters
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Kept the gates of private houses and of cities, 2Sa 18:26; 2Ki 7:10; Mr 13:34; Joh 10:3. The porters of the temple were Levites, at one period four thousand in number, divided into courses, 1Ch 16:42; 23:5. They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses, 1Ch 16:42; 23:5. They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses, 1Ch 26:1,13,19; 2Ch 8:14; 35:15. By night also they cheered the lonely hours with songs of praise, Ps 134. We read, in 2Co 13:14, of the faithful service they rendered in protecting Joash and slaying Athaliah.
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Then the watchman saw another man running: and crying out in the direction of the door he said, Here is another man running by himself. And the king said, He, like the other, comes with news.
And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.
And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.
For the divisions of the door-keepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph.
And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.
These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.
It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.