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 saw the watchman another man, running, so he called out unto the porter, Lo! a man, running alone. And the king said. This one also, beareth tidings.
And, with them, Heman and Jeduthun, with the trumpets, and the cymbals, for sounding aloud, and the instruments for the songs of God, - and the sons of Jeduthun, for the gate.
And, with them, Heman and Jeduthun, with the trumpets, and the cymbals, for sounding aloud, and the instruments for the songs of God, - and the sons of Jeduthun, for the gate.
and four thousand, were doorkeepers, - and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which said David I made for offering praise.
and four thousand, were doorkeepers, - and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which said David I made for offering praise.
To the courses of the door-keepers, pertained, - of the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;
Yea they east lots, as the small so the great, by their ancestral house, for every several gate.
These, were the courses of the door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
As a man from home - having left his house, and given his servants the authority, to each one, his work, - and, unto the porter, hath given command, that he should watch: -
To him, the porter openeth, and, the sheep, unto his voice, hearken: and, his own sheep, he calleth by name, and leadeth them forth.
The favour of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.