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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And the watchman saw another man running, and called unto the porter and said, "Behold, there cometh another running alone." And the king answered, "He is also a tidings bringer."
And with the said Heman and Jeduthun were trumpets and sounding cymbals, and instruments of the melody of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
And with the said Heman and Jeduthun were trumpets and sounding cymbals, and instruments of the melody of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
Four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with such instruments as David had made to praise withal.
Four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with such instruments as David had made to praise withal.
The division of the porters among the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore of the children of Asaph.
And they cast lots: the small as well as the great in the households of their fathers, from gate to gate.
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore and the sons of Merari.
As a man which is gone into a strange country and hath left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
To him the porter openeth the door, and the sheep hear his voice; And he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the holy ghost, be with you all. Amen. {The end of the Second Epistle unto the Corinthians, Sent from Philippi, a city in Macedonia, by Titus and Luke}